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The Importance Of Vulnerability

June 22, 2022 I (Megan) recently started re-reading “Daring Greatly” by Brené Brown. This was a required reading for one of my social work courses, and it has also been recommended to me countless times by friends and family.It was really good to be reminded of the role that vulnerability places in our lives, as well as the FEAR that it invokes for everyone. It means feeling exposed, open, weak…but it is undoubtedly healing. Being a part of Project Money makes us vulnerable in ways that both Dom and I are not used to. We have to be open, honest, and transparent about our financial situation, and that is not something we have ever had to do before. With many eyes watching, there is not only a fear of judgment, but a fear of failure. But we decided to apply for Project Money so that we could hopefully help even one family see our situation, relate, and want to start on their journey to financial freedom and wellness.This week was HARD, ya’ll! We were certain we would stay on budget with groceries, take-out, Target runs, etc. We didn’t quite get there, BUT we absolutely saved more than we thought, and we paid off two credit cards fully, a reserve line of credit, AND put $500 in our savings.This is a marathon, not a sprint! The next six months will be incredibly challenging, but we are honored to be here. Humbled to have the support of so many. Ready to be one step closer to our goals! You might also be interested in The past six months have been so transformative for us, and it is hard not to get emotional as we write this last blog post. We are finally financially... And where the heart is, of course… This week has been so trying. We are all recovering (slowly) from the flu that hit us HARD. Dominique and Megan both... We are finally moved into our new home and fully out of our apartment. It was hard to say goodbye to the apartment we had many good memories in, but we... We finally closed on our home on November 30 and have been slowly working on moving responsibilities over the past few days. We have had to make a lot... This week we are coming off of a long weekend after Thanksgiving where we are feeling immense gratitude for so many things. We are thankful for our financial... We were notified this week that we have been cleared to close for our new home. We are so excited to move in and have been so blessed with amazing friends... This week we have been struggling with juggling multiple schedules, illness, outside priorities and activities, and a tumultuous election season. We have... This week we have been working on several things. Our son was accepted to our first-choice preschool and we have been overjoyed. With that joy, there is... This week we worked on spending less and we think we did a better job than previous weeks. We prepared a lot more meals at home and planned to not spend...