Budgeting & Planning
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Budgeting is crucial to establishing a program to get out of debt. And many do not place importance on this financial money management tool as they should. This is probably because budgeting is a process where one must analyze expenses for a brief time period and then come up with categories and achievable goals. It […]
ContinuedBudgeting and Getting Control of Variable Income and Expenses
Budgeting fixed expenses like your car payment every month is relatively straightforward. It is the variable expenses that are a budgeting nightmare at times and probably the biggest reason our personal budgeting plans are given up on. The key to budgeting variable expenses is to try and make them like fixed expenses through estimating, buffering, […]
ContinuedKeep Life in Your Budgeting
You don’t just come up with a personal budgeting plan and leave it at that. Things in life change and those changes will oftentimes affect your personal budgeting plan. You have to view it as a living document or it will quickly become obsolete. Here are some points to consider in keeping life to your […]
ContinuedBudgeting for the Computer Savvy
With computers, you can leverage the computerized budgeting tools to your advantage in making flexible, accurate, and easy-to-maintain personal budgets. You don’t necessarily need to be a computer guru to set up these budgeting tools–just basic computer skills is all that is required. There are free computer budgeting tools and those more sophisticated that you […]
ContinuedPaying off Your Credit Cards as Part of Your Budget
A debt reduction category should be created in your budgeting process for paying off your credit cards. Since credit cards are based on revolving credit that compounds monthly, they can be very tough to pay off—especially if you have several cards with varying balances and interest rates to tackle. And there is really no one […]
ContinuedCreative Budgeting When There is Not Enough Money
For many, personal budgeting is done when there is a personal debt crisis. This personal budgeting is triggered by not having enough money to pay for living expenses each month and that usually means having to use the credit cards to make ends meet. When things get this bad, you are going to have to […]
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