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Learning How to Budget

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Learning how to budget can be one of the most difficult things to learn. However, it is vitally important. Too many college aged students leave home to conquer the world on their own lacking in their ability to budget. Many of these students learn these budgeting skills the hard way because they do not know [...]

Reconstructing a Family Budget

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

No matter how old you are, you may find that you need to reconstruct your budget with your spouse. Priorities, needs, your income or a variety of many other factors may have changed. Here are a few steps on how to plan a new budget with your spouse. Devote one hour to making the budget. [...]

Creating a Budget: Take control of your finances!

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Budgets are something that I have found to be hard to make and even harder to stick to.  I feel they make me feel even more stressed out about money. Maybe that’s because they make me realize just how close I cut it each month, but I have come to realize that the pros definitely outweigh the cons. [...]