To many, it's a dreaded task: making a budget to keep track of money. Guess what? You can do it, and we show you some tools that can help \u2014 maybe even make it fun. The founder of the popular budgeting software You Need A Budget tells us how to track your spending.
Here's what to remember:
- Don't budget just because you should: Set a goal.
- Leverage anxiety from a life change and turn it into motivation.
- Follow the 50-30-20 method.
- Use the power of scarcity.
- A roommate is worth 1,000 coffees.
- Find the budgeting technique that works for you. Here's a worksheet to get you started: https://bit.ly/2umlqex.
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