I guess I spent that much this month
February 17th, 2007 by digerati
Have you ever gotten your credit card bill in the mail and said “I spent that!”
I have, and I imagine most of you have as well. Budgeting is really hard. it’s hard to decide how much you will spend on each category, and it’s even harder to stick to those amounts.
Budgeting requires us to be honest with ourselves about how much we spend and essentially deciding which areas of our lives are most important to us. often times, these areas we see spending in are not what we want to be the most important, and that can be depressing.
But budgeting is the only effective way to let us decide how we want our lives to run. Use Quicken, Money, a spreadsheet or just a piece of paper; but write it down.
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Gff Says
Gee, do you really say that? I do all the time, but I have the income to back it up if I go overboard. So I am more careful to not go over my self-imposed limit.
Feb 18th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Personal Finance Guide 101 Says
Hi Digerati,
It happens with almost all the people, when they see something like this. I agree with you on writing down information on spreadsheet or on the paper to know what’s happening.
Feb 24th, 2007 at 7:18 am