Behavior Health Change
Weekly Entries
W1 – 2/2 : Create a Monthly Budget
Share Budget with partner for accountability
Create a daily goal and weekly goal to stay within monthly budget
Create mantra or affirmation to use as motivation for spening wisely
Identify barriers and solutions to financial success
Create vision board of people who you admire that are financially well of and organized with their money (adding fun into the project)
Identify success and failures for Week 1
W2 – 2/9 : Small goal to Commit to budget and adjust accordingly
Track daily spending
If stayed within daily budget should be successful in monthly budget
Work on self-discipline in another “easier” area simultaneously
Drinking specific amount of water daily
Identify success and failures for Week 2
W3 – 2/16: Small goal to Commit to budget and adjust accordingly
Continue to track expenses
Is it difficult to be consistent with tracking
Identify success and failures for Week 3
W4 – 2/23: Small goal to Reflect in my log whats has so far been succesfull, unsuccessful, difficult, easy
Reflect on feelings of small goal accomplishments, and/or setbacks
Set up a small reward system if necessary
Identify success and failures for Week 4
W5 – 3/2 Small goal to Reflect in your log whats has so far been succesfull, unsuccessful, difficult,easy
Adding more accountability if needed
Identify success and failures for Week 5
W6 – 3/9 :Small goal to Reflect on progress, motivation
Research resources
Reach out to your partner for support/advice on progress so far
Assess the change in the tone of relationship with self and my partner
Positive change if staying on track
W7- 3/16 – Revisit MAin Goals
Discuss budgeting strategies
‘Possible movement into state a new state change (transtheortical theory)
W8- 3/23-30 Revisit Main goals
Create a list of mistakes made throughout the 8 weeks and ways you’ve learned and improved from them
If both goals were achieved reward myself with the purchase of an item from wishlist
Does budgeting seem lifetime sustainable
