Your budget is not meant to feel like a prison.
Your budget is meant to give you parameters.
I'm encouraging everyone to try budgeting - throw something at the wall and see if it sticks.
When we started our Total Money Makeover, I sat down and made a budget without my wife (smooth, right? You're welcome, Tina!).
We then sat down and smoothed it out from there, having to agree that we wouldn't analyze it further.
We now have a Sept 1 budget and a Sept 15 budget - we do the budget each pay period.
Be encouraged - take the plunge - because budgeting is hard.
Your first try won't be perfect.
It may last three days.
Bear in mind - it's immeasurably better than not starting at all!
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