Another great thing is when you start and it becomes a bit easier, all of a sudden you have the money to do some of the things you wanted to do, but couldn't because bills were due. Or you did them and had to struggle to find money for the bills. I just went to an annual orchid sale and was able to buy a couple of orchids because (1) I knew it was an event coming up, (2) I knew I wanted a couple of orchids and (3) for a few months ahead I made sure I was cutting corners, like taking my lunch to work instead of buying it and saving that money for the big day!