If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you know how about you can obtain best results with your money by tracking your expenses. Moreover, if you categorize your expenses, you can learn even more about how you … Read More … Read More
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How to succeed at your first month of budgeting
How to combine finances when you’re non-monogamous
The importance of a shared financial strategy for couples
How couples can combine their finances
Low-tech alternatives to using an online budget-tracking service
I admit that when you’re new to something, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and not know where to start. “Just tell me what to do” is a common refrain in this situation (which explains diet books, and I’m not … Read More … Read More
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In-app-ropriate: don’t use an online service to track your spending
How to plan for yearly bills
Recently, I had a number of large bills come due at the same time. My web hosting service (that contains this site) came due, and I always renew for as long a time as possible (to get the best … Read More … Read More
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The one category in your budget that you don’t want to forget
One of the tasks you do when starting out budgeting for the first time is to come up with spending categories for your expenses. These are things like transportation, groceries, clothing, things that you spend money on throughout the … Read More … Read More
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