How long have you gone without spending money?

Yes, it's possible. I've done it more than once. It helps you focus on your goals more and it helps clear your head from all the "wants" so you can recognize waste better. It can really make a big difference in how much money you have on hand. I found that limiting the grocery shopping helped, too. I keep a fair pantry so really don't need to shop for much.

well, now that Christmas is over, i hope to stop spending for months (although its my mom's birthday next week) but other than that, nothing. i want to start saving more mone this year.

Besides rent and food, I could go months without spending money. My grandparents and my aunt are always giving me clothes and my mother supplies with household essentials like plates and soap whenever I need it. I know that when I finish school I would need to use more money but I'm hoping that I would stay in the habit of not using money as much as possible.

Actually, you know what, that's an EXCELLENT idea! I haven't calculated how long I didn't spend but it's something I would love to do. I can probably do it on my end but my husband loves to spend money. So he'll expect me to take out my wallet and buy him coffee or he buys coffee that sort of thing. I myself am trying to get debt-free and I hope to get my debt paid off in six years from now.

I don't know has long it's been. Proably not more than a week as I buy out at least one day a week and sweets but not really expensive stuff just a 3 euro roll and noodles for 1.50. I'm still in school so I don't buy my own groceries. I spend about 10 euro a week on school weeks on food and other stuff. It's a good idea but a year would be very hard I would say a month to start because if it's a year and at the end of it you would want to buy a load of clothes and stuff you missed out on.

sounds incredible, but actually hard to stay away from restaurants and coffee shops, i hardly had a week without spending any money but i guess i cannot go any farther, could so wonderful if i can save money for at least one month, also like you said motives, if you are a group of friends with the same idea or project go for it and i hope this can be a good challenge for all of you.

I can do a month, but not a year of no spending. I like to buy a few movies and DVD's each year for entertainment. It would be to hard trying to barter for entertainment that I would really want to watch.

I have never really kept track of an exact time that I have gone without spending money. I do know it has been long periods of time, several times.

Aside from the normal Gas, Groceries, Bills - power and phone. I had a meal out on tuesday and went to a hockey tournament for last weekend - had meals out then too and shopping wise i bought some bras on the 28th of december and...some christmas pretties the same day. I find the more i think about a "no spend month" the more tempted i am to buy something.

Anything like that is possible but definitely hard. It's so tempting to buy something you don't need, and that even includes groceries. Buying groceries is one thing but sticking on a budget? I would try a month if I were you and then gradually go up, maybe after that month, add on another week, if that's still good and feels comfortable try for two weeks. Then just escalate it. I'm trying to think of how long I have gone without spending any money other then food and transportation and I would have to say that it was probably about two to three weeks. If I am busy with work I won't have time to go spend and indulge. Of course my work is in grocery, so trust me when I say I know what I'm talking about when I say people go over their budget. They don't call the products around the check out counter "impulse" for nothing.

I can't really say for sure how long I can go without spending money on something for myself. I can say that it's usually a long period of time. I usually have a difficult time spending money on myself.

I probably have gone about one week without spending money. I cannot usually go that long. I usually spend money on baby items, gas, and other necessities. I hardly buy anything for myself though.

In the middle of 2011 my husband and I decided that we would spend less money every month in order to save up money for travelling. We decided that we were only going to spend money on food, transportation and the other things that were absolutely neccesary and avoid coffee shops, restaurants, shopping etc. We didn't manage to stick to the budget every single day, but it went quite well and we saved up about $3000 in half a year. In 2012 we are going to continue, and if things go well we will be able to travel in the end of 2012.