Cost management: Sticking to a budget 40 Articles

by Karon Brandt

Budgeting means controlling your money and not letting it control you. Money = Power. Lack of money has broken up marriages and has driven people to suicide. Everyone needs to budget. The days of easy credit are over. ...read more

by Rana Williamson

Budgets and diets fail for the same reasons, deprivation gets old and temptation grows strong. Once you give in and eat something you shouldn't or spend more than you have, the crushing guilt that follows generally leads t...read more

by Kay Mortimer

Know where your money is going? Or does it just slip away, and you wonder where it went? You may need a budget! A budget is a practical way to get a handle on your finances. A budget, if used properly, helps keep you o...read more

by Judy Lin

The art of sticking to a budget lies in having a budget that you can stick to. Many people approach budgets like they do a diet: "I'm going to save $1000 a month and become a millionaire by the time I'm forty!" Except th...read more

by Pamela Kay

Sticking to a budget is a sign of financial maturity. If you view a budget in its true light, you will see it as a reckoning of your senses, a realization that you cannot thrive spending more than you earn. Even if you bre...read more

by Jennifer Eblin

Sticking to a budget. Those may be the three scariest words in the English language, especially for anyone trying to save money or find their way out of debt. Sticking to a budget doesn't have to be a scary prospect, as lo...read more

by JQ Adams

Settling down and creating a budget is a difficult task, but actually sticking to the budget can be a much more difficult task. There are many reasons why you may not be able to stick to the budget that you created and th...read more

by Terra L. Fletcher

People often look at money the way they view religion. Only the clergy or the financial advisers should read the book or do the work. However, money is something we all have to learn how to use. "As long as I'm a good p...read more

by Martin J. Stephens

Sticking to a Budget In the back of your medicine cabinet sits a bottle of large pills. They taste like iron, and often lodge side-ways in your esophagus when swallowed. Unpleasant, vitamins form a necessary part of l...read more

by B L Brander

In today's economy people are urged to spend even though they don't have the means or the money to pay. It's all done through credit and loans, the fluctuations in interest rates, and the general inflation of the economy....read more

by Barry Tadmore

Ask anyone who has lived on a budget and they will tell you how difficult it is. Over the last few years, my wife and I have tried to budget several times and we continued to have trouble sticking with the plan. After se...read more

by Roger Morse

Living within a budget is nothing more than having your desired spending plan consistent with your actual spending. What goes out cannot be more than what comes in, can it? Planning: No good plan goes unpunished! First, ...read more

by Holly Jindra

A lot of times when people make up a budget, they put down what the think they should be spending or what they wish they were spending. They're then left wondering where the rest of the money goes. The only way doing this ...read more

by Stephen Meloury

Budgeting is not a skill that most people were taught before they adventurously entered the adult world. It is a necessary skill for everyone to ensure that they can afford to live comfortably and without constant worry a...read more

by Kathryn Lavallee

For most people, setting a livable monthly budget can seem to be an almost insurmountable task. However, a monthly budget is essential to moving forward both in your finances and in your life. Before you begin planning yo...read more

by Allison Czarnecki

Maintaining a budget can be really simple and pain-free. It doesn't have to involve expensive software or an accountant. All you really need are the following: 1. A lined notepad 2. A pencil and eraser, (or...read more

by Joanne Smedley

Let's face it. We all love spending, and regardless of what our income is we will always tend to overspend. The difficulty many people face however is that this overspending becomes habitual and when that happens - debt ...read more

by Kelly Szymanski

Creating and sticking to a budget can seem daunting. It's not. A budget is nothing more that a plan for managing your money: how much you spend, where you spend it, and how much you save. The first part of setting up a bud...read more