How to Create Your First Budget
Your first budget is an important milestone when trying to take control of your finances. A budget is your own self enforced spending plan broken out by category. Here is a basic guide to get you started.
How to Budget
What Do You Waste Money On?
Being someone who likes to be frugal it can be uncomfortable to waste money. You want to streamline your budget and keep it lean and mean. The problem, though, is that if you do not live life and try to enjoy it then you will get bored with it awfully quickly. We all waste money at some level, and if watched is of no issue. How much money is it ok to waste each month? The answer to that question is relative to your specific situation and one that my wife and I found ourselves in a few months ago.