1:39 – What is low dough March? * My family has done this for the past few years. We spend as little money as possible for the entire month of March. * We cut down on anything extraneous.

2:31 – Where did this idea come from? * We didn’t create this concept. My husband John got the idea from a podcast called “Abraham’s Wallet.” * We picked the month of March because we don’t have much going on.

5:12 – Why do a low spend month? * You don’t have to be married. You don’t have to have kids. Literally anybody can do a low dough month. * The number one benefit, in my opinion, is it’s a recalibration tool to help us evaluate our spending habits. * We do not eat out at all in the month of March unless we have a gift card. We like to stockpile gift cards and restaurant rewards points to use in March.

9:09 – Intentional grocery spending * We spend an insane amount of groceries, but we try to reel it in during the month of March. * We love to host people and make meals for friends, but we try to use food in our pantry and freezers.

14:24 – It’s a training tool * Low dough March is a training and discipleship tool. We are training and learning to be better stewards of our money. * By placing boundaries around certain places in our lives, we are training ourselves.

20:17 – Exercising your “no” muscle * Part of this training is helping us exercise our “no” muscle.

21:57 – Teaching your kids about stewardship * My kids are 9 and 7, and this teaches them about being a good steward of money. * It helps our kids realize that things cost money.

23:05 – Planning for our money * When we have a surplus of money from low dough March, we give some of that money away and plan for big projects.

FEATURED QUOTES Low dough March is a month where we as a family spend as little money as possible. We really cut down on anything extraneous.

You don’t have to be married. You don’t have to have kids. Literally anybody can do a low dough month.

The number one benefit, in my opinion, is it’s a recalibration tool to help us evaluate our spending habits.

When you sit and you really look at where you’re spending money, it helps you hit a big reset on it.

By placing boundaries around certain places in our lives, we are training ourselves.