In the beginning, budgeting can be overwhelming to consider for your whole month. Don’t panic or stress!
Try making a weekly budget!
Doing a weekly budget can be less time and effort, which in the end can help you be more successful and less stressed!
All month, I will be sharing ideas and tips to help you develop a budget that works for you! See “Let’s Talk About the “B” Word” series for more in depth information!
We find it easiest to make a budget by our pay periods (or rather my husband’s since that’s the largest portion of our income). It doesn’t run evently on months since he gets paid every 2 weeks. We do a new budget each “month” (or rather every 2 pay periods/ 4 weeks). By getting on track and doing a regular budget we’ve managed to save so much money and are now able to put my entire income into our savings (rather than spending everything that came in).