Budgets
"Know Where the Money Goes" Challenge
“Write down every penny I spend? That would never help me.”“What a waste of time.”“I already know where all of my money goes.”“Tracking every purchase is obsessive.”“Money is the root of all evil – if I pay that much attention to it, it will consume me.”“I don’t spend any money!” All of the above are [...]
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Comments (46)Graduating? Make a Budget Without Hurting Yourself
This article is part of a series called Graduating? which focuses on personal finance advice for fresh college grads. I hate the word “budget.” Not because I think budgets are bad, but because of the images that the word conjures. A massive spreadsheet with dozens of categories, and the whole thing is just yelling at [...]
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I Don’t Have a Budget
Budgets are the first thing people think of when I tell them that I’m “into personal finance.” There’s an assumption going around that I’m the Great Supreme Queen of Budgeting, ruling over all of the lesser peons with my Glorious Budget of Power, Puppies, and Being Awesome. Ok, so, no one has actually worded it [...]
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