Tag: how to budget
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$7 billion just isn’t what it used to be.
The other day I had a good laugh when I came across this article from USA Today; the title reads: House approves $7 billion budget cut. In terms of the US budget, $7 billion just doesn’t seem newsworthy. This year the White House’s proposed outlays (spending) are $3,721 billion; cut $7 billion and you cut…
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7 Days to a Budget
If you’re like me, you can sit down for hours at a time and enjoy looking over your budget. If you’re normal, you have neither the time nor the inclination to spend a perfectly good evening crunching numbers. I’m assuming that most people are ‘normal’ (at least in terms of budgeting) and for that reason,…
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The J-Lo Principle for Unexpected Expenses
Instead of looking ahead to each new month with clinging hopes that nothing goes wrong, look ahead with the expectation that those somethings will be coming by to visit. Be prepared to welcome them at the door with tea and biscuits. It’s much less stressful when you know they’ll be coming.