<prompt> Human: Anyone done one of these? Howd you do it? How much did you save? Any tips? Edit: to address the question of what this means, I mean no spending on anything beyond essentials. So, nothing beyond bills, rent and groceries. Yes, of course I will pay my bills and buy groceries but Ill work to clean out my cupboard too. for those of you who seem to think this means Im bad with money, I use YNAB youneedabudget: rYNAB and keep a budget year round. Im just considering challenging myself to cut it even more.I dont buy Christmas presents, so that isnt an issue. I have already budgeted - and paid for thanks YNAB - holiday travel. I purchased my tickets months ago.  <response>: Its a cool experiment, but I dont think November is the best time. Id say more MayJune.MayJune the weather is nice and leaves you lots of free activities to do outside. 