Budgeting, like dieting, doesn’t work because folks don’t embed it in their lifestyles. It’s a chore a finance person recommends. Can we achieve budgeting’s goals a better way? People save leftovers after spending. Is there another path? Take Warren Buffett’s advice, “Do not save what is left after spending; instead, spend what is left after saving.” The […]
Category: BUDGETING
Why you need a budget, how to prepare and how to live in it
Budget Remaining Year-End Available Only To Complete Goals
A budget is a highly directed tool designed to achieve specific goals. It is our best estimate of time, talents, and money to reach particular goals. I repeat: the budget is not money to spend irresponsibly as we approach year-end. So, we must use the budget remaining or left over at year-end for the original […]
Budgeting Tips for Today’s Economy no Different from Other Times
Is budgeting in today’s economy different from budgeting at other times? It isn’t; but the state of global economies today will exacerbate the effects of not budgeting or sloppy budgeting. These ten tips will guide you to safety as you budget in today’s economy under the Lord’s direction.
Stress Test Your Budget Before The Holiday Shopping Season
The so-called holiday shopping season, pre-Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Christmas (November and December) is here, and merchants are thrilled about expected improvements to their financial results. They know their deals, sales, and enticements will bait naive consumers to spend, and spend, and spend. And voilà! Their financial statements will sparkle. How do consumers prepare to withstand merchants seduction? Stress test your finances today.
7 Things A Budget Isn’t
They think the budget will control them; however, once folks realize a budget simply is their best estimates of resources needed to do future goals and plans, their misapprehensions tend to fade. These seven things a budget isn’t, cause people to shy away from doing a budget resulting in dire consequences:
Budgeting on a Fixed Income – Five Tips
Often we hear, “bigger is better, more is better,” which drives folks to the fast track for growth. However, sometimes more is a curse; it all depends on your attitude! These five tips for setting and living in a budget on a fixed income will steer you from the precipice.
Meaningful Control Elements Key To Effective Budget Control
Budgets produce figures that managers try to ‘control.’ They don’t realize they must focus on input elements that produce the numbers. Before doing the budget, front line and other managers need to identify critical control elements to track during the budgeting period.
Benefits of a School Budget – Tips for Students
A budget is an essential guide to reach specific goals. It is helpful to prioritize scarce resources. Every student should work with a budget. With effective budgeting, students will experience at least three significant benefits that will lead to predicted financial positions to start their careers.
The Biggest Dilemmas To Overcome While Trying To Make A Budget
Simply, a budget is a personal lifestyle Global Positioning System (GPS)—a tool to guide decisions to move living standard from point ‘A’ to ‘B’ wisely. As with a GPS, we start where we are and then travel to defined destinations. If we do not use correct starting and ending points, we will be lost.
Getting Out Of Debt Journey Continues with Envelope Budgeting
After surrendering your financial debt burden to the Lord and developing a zero-based budget, you are ready to start living in that budget. Envelope budgeting is your ideal complementary tool to prevent more debt.