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Thursday Leftovers: Create a Budget Series

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Last year I did a week long series on creating a budget and sticking to it. Jeff and I are still using the same budget system today.

Being on a budget has been life changing for us. It has almost eliminated financial arguments; freed us to spend money how we want [...]

Budget Makeover: Savings

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If you just joined in on the budget makeover today, you may want to go back and figure out how you relate to money, get your bills in order, estimate your monthly costs, start saving for an emergency fund , save for big items, and take a look at [...]

Budget Makeover: Keep Track of Budget using an Excel Spreadsheet

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Budget Makeover: Save for Big Items Year Round

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Is money a big stress come Christmas time? Have a month loaded down with birthdays? Ever want to go on a trip but didn’t have the cash to go once summer got here? Big events such as Christmas and trips can be a big stress when that time of [...]

Budget Makeover: Start an Emergency Fund

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So far on the budget makeover we have figured out how we relate to money, got our monthly bills lined up, and estimated other monthly expenses. Next on the budget makeover list is to start saving for an emergency fund. What is an emergency fund?

According to Dave [...]

Budget Makeover: Monthly Expenses

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So far we’ve figured out how we relate to money and organized monthly bills. Now it is time to figure out what to budget for monthly expenses. This includes budgeting for groceries, out to eat, gasoline, tithing, and what we call “blow money.”

All except for tithing, this is where [...]

Budget Makeover: Introduction

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Do you know where your money goes every month? Are you on a budget? Does that budget work? I know many people cringe when they hear the word budget because it is seen as something that limits you from things you want. I don’t see that at all.

After [...]