Your Last Chance To Join The Uber Frugal Month Challenge And Revolutionize Your Finances

Update 1/2/18: We had some technical difficulties here at Frugalwoods, Inc yesterday (could be due to the fact that 1/2 of our tech team is a greyhound… ) and some folks reported they were unable to sign-up for the Uber Frugal Month Challenge. The horror! And so, I’m keeping registration open through 11:59pm EST tonight (1/2/18) to allow everyone to sign-up. If you’re having trouble with the sign-up boxes below, go to this link. As long as you sign-up before 11:59pm EST, you’ll be on track with the January Group Challenge as you’ll receive two emails today (days 1 and 2). Apologies for the inconvenience!

Hanukkah happened, Christmas occurred, the New Year rang in and you’re glumly thinking that all the festivities are over. How wrong you are! They’re just getting started here in Frugalwoods-land! Because today is the first day of the ultimate, the epic, the life-changing, the mind-blowing (your words, not mine… ) Uber Frugal Month Challenge!!!! Oh yes, that’s right, today is the day we begin a journey–together!–to transform our relationship with our finances and, in the process, save more money than we ever thought possible. For serious.

The Uber Frugal Month (UFM) is a 31-day Challenge during which I send you a daily email containing an action item, a mantra, a tip, and links to recommended reading, all of which are designed to help you: 1) identify your longterm goals; 2) figure out how your money is helping or hindering you in reaching those goals; 3) understand your spending; 4) learn how to save more money every month than you’d ever imagined possible. And more! I don’t want to give away the whole thing here; you’ve got to sign-up and see for yourself!

This Is Your Last Chance!

In the past, the Uber Frugal Month Challenge was available to take any old time. Now, however, the UFM will go on hiatus after this month in light of a few mega life events looming on my personal horizon: 1) our second baby, who is due in February, and 2) my first book, which publishes in March!!! All that to say, after today you won’t be able to sign-up for the UFM. So don’t delay! If you’ve always wanted to take the UFM, or have already taken it but want a refresher, or forgot to sign-up in the holiday melee, put your email address in that box now. The UFM will return at some point in the future, but for now, consider yourself warned! As long as you sign-up before 11:59pm EST tonight, you’ll be all set to take the Challenge with us this month. Did I mention that this is a free Challenge? It’s a free Challenge! So no excuses.

The Accountability Challenge

The theme for this particular UFM is: accountability! We are taking the Challenge as a group in order to provide built-in accountability, but this is also an opportunity to invite another person to take the Challenge with you and serve as your real life accountability partner. Think about it: you can text each other updates on how much money you’re saving! The emoji possibilities alone should have you excited about this.

In addition to serving as a source of inspiration and support for each other, this is also a chance for you to help out a friend in dire need of a financial makeover. It’s a low-stakes, non-confrontational way of encouraging that one friend or family member you know is struggling with debt/overspending/savings to take a positive step in the right direction. After all, the advice isn’t coming from you–it’s from me! Ergo, you can totally blame me!

I find it’s often tough for close friends or family members to accept financial advice from me, but if it comes from an outside source, it’s a lot easier to stomach (even if it’s the exact same advice… ). So consider this your golden opportunity to do some outreach and shoehorn in a few financial wellness lessons for anyone in your life who is struggling with their money. The Challenge prompts a great deal of soul-searching and contains a lot of questions related to longterm planning, so it’s a wonderful facilitator of difficult financial conversations. In particular, it’s a great program to take with a spouse or partner as it’ll guide you through a number of different financial meditations and exercises on what you what your life to look like. One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is, “how do I get on the same financial page with my spouse/partner?” And one of my best answers is: take the Uber Frugal Month Challenge together.

Join The UFM Conversation On Facebook

If you can’t coerce con find anyone to take the Challenge with you this month, don’t worry! We’re taking the Challenge together as a Frugalwoods family and will have daily discussions on the Uber Frugal Month Facebook page. Join the page here and join the conversation with likeminded frugal weirdos from all around the globe. We’ve had Challenge participants from Prague, the Netherlands, South Africa, Finland, Romania, Poland, Germany, Australia, Ireland, England, Wales, Canada, Scotland, Denmark, New Zealand, Estonia, and many other places!

So wherever you live, know that you’re not alone in undergoing this transformative journey. There are many of us who want more out of life than simply slogging through it as mindless consumers. Let the Uber Frugal Month community buoy your spirits and provide you with the motivation to get going and keep going on your journey to financial wellness.

For more information and details on the Challenge, check out the following posts:

• Uber Frugal Month: The Ultimate Guide To Saving More Money Than You Ever Thought Possible (this is the first step in the Challenge, so you should get started on this post ASAP if you haven’t already)
• Transform Your Life: Join The January Uber Frugal Month Group Challenge (contains lots of FAQs!!)

Are you joining us for the Challenge?