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By: 23 Basic Budgeting Resources

23 Basic Budgeting Resources — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:10:04 +0000

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By: David Stillwagon

David Stillwagon — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:24:25 +0000

With the way the economy is going, budgets are needed more than ever. You really put together a great article.
David

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Fri, 08 May 2009 14:04:40 +0000

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By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:17:30 +0000

I have a budget that I have been using for a while now. It started off very complex since I was tracking every cent but over the months I have tweaked it. It still tracks every cent but not in as much detail as before.

Most budget newbies tend to quit when the first attempt does not work…but my advice is to stick with it and soon it will become easier.

The zero based budget is a REALLY good idea…my overages go into an ING sub account called overages and then I use that money every couple of months to make a snowflake payment towards some debt.

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Carnival of Personal Finance: Birthdays Edition | Weakonomi¢s — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:22:04 +0000

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By: cheap chick

cheap chick — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:43:19 +0000

I used to hate budgets too. But I also hated spending money I didn’t have. I dumped my credit cards except for one for EMERGENCIES. Cash or debit card only now.

I also looked carefully at “regular” expenses and decided to dump my AT&T phone for a prepaid phone. Got a Tracfone for 30 bucks but it was kinda-sorta free since it came with 30 bucks worth of air time.

Now I budget my phone use by buying the amount of time I want, up front. I also got a double minutes card wich makes it an even better value.

There are some expenses that can be “managed” and those are the ones to budget.

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Sun, 03 May 2009 16:02:58 +0000

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Sun, 03 May 2009 15:25:21 +0000

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Roundup - Outliers Edition | Cash Money Life — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:22:51 +0000

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By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:46:10 +0000

I hope your month goes well! I keep mine in a spreadsheet that I update. I like having a budget, for me it takes out the fear. I remember when I was younger and sort of living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing when bills were going to come in and swamp me. *shudder* I never want to go back to that again.