BUDGETING ––––– LETS GET STARTED.
The
importance of budgeting cannot be overstated, which is why we have
devoted an entire page to it. If you think just keeping the numbers in
your head will work, unless you have a photographic memory, you are
wrong. That is why we are giving you Free, this very easy to use and
flexible spreadsheet. Just click on the BUDGETING Spreadsheet link
and when the page comes up scroll down to where it says FREE EXCELL
BUDGET TEMPLATE, Click on it and save the excel spreadsheet. You can
change any of the title fields as you see fit, to customize it.
Before You Begin Please Read These Instructions–or You Might End Up Thinking You Have More Money Than You Do.
FIRST: FIXED EXPENSES
Some
of your expenses are fixed. In other words they are the same each
month. These fixed items are expenses like Rent, or Mortgage, Car
Payment, Car Insurance.
Some Items
Some Items
SECOND: NON-FIXED EXPENDITURES
These
include items like Food, Clothing, Lunches, Gas, etc. We are sure you
get the picture. While the Fixed items are easy to know, you do not know
how much you really spend per day, week and month on the non-fixed
items. Which is one of the reasons for a budget.
HOW TO ESTABLISH THE COST OF THE NON-FIXED ITEMS:
Get
a small pocket size notebook andkeep it with you for a full 30 day
period. Each day write down every time you spend money. Things like soda
for lunch, gas for your car, food, eating out, movies and so on. At the
end of the month plug the totals by catagory into the budget worksheet.
Then, plug in all the fixed expenses. Also, be sure to plug in your income numbers as net income, that is, what you actually have to spend each pay check.
Then, plug in all the fixed expenses. Also, be sure to plug in your income numbers as net income, that is, what you actually have to spend each pay check.
READY TO ANALYZE:
Do
you have money left over? If not, time to really get to work. Look at
the non-fixed items and ask yourself where can you cut back or
completely eliminate. Do you need 400 Cable channels? You must seperate
your needs from your wants. You need Food, Shelter and Protective
Clothing. Everything else is somewhere down on the list. You must make
adjustments accordingly.
DO YOUR UNSECURED DEBTS HAVE YOU IN THE RED?
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