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stay out of debt, pay your bills on time, every time, keep track of your spending, cut costs and
stretch your dollar to the max!

HINTS, TIPS, TOOLS AND TRICKS FOR SETTING UP A FAMILY BUDGET

“Creating a budget” captures in its expression and meaning, both the excitement and the

apprehension most of us feel when we have to face our financial situation and or lack of planning
and accountability in that area.

Most businesses would fail if they ran like we manage our household incomes sometimes. This is
not a natural thing for people to want to do. It falls into that ‘I will if I really have no choice’
kind of categories.

However, worth mentioning is that we spend most of our waking hours at work, earning the cash
we need to get by and cover our living expenses. Then, we do not take the time to plan what to
do with it. We just respond, spend and move on, spiraling, circling around, aimlessly and

oblivious mostly about the state of our financial affairs.

This is obviously not true for some of us, for whom planning and organizing comes naturally and
budgeting is like second nature and breathing, we just do not think about it, get it done and then
barely spare it a second thought. Both these types of approaches can hurt us in the long run.

Our society has also become so fast-paced and focused on success, that we sometimes lose sight
of the future perspective, enjoying life and what we do have. We cannot really focus on our

own financials for lots of “excuses”, sorry reasons we provide like: trouble slowing down, taking
a step back and evaluating our financial situations or not knowing how to set up a family budget.

One of the first hints or tips we provide is advocating fiscal awareness. This means

evaluating openly, freely and honestly where things are at today for your finances and household.

The whole purpose and goal of creating or setting up a family budget is to enlighten and alleviate

money pressures. Utilizing a tool that can assist you in getting back onto the road to financial
freedom, fiscal responsibility and financial, budgetary health, positive cash flow, with money
to spare would be the ideal work-tool to grasp and grab! As the previous pages have shown the

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