Saturday, November 10, 2007

Do You Have A Plan For Sticking To Your Budget?

So you?ve made your budget and it looks good on paper. Great! Now it is time to implement it. But are you ready to follow the budget you?ve developed? Here are some helpful tips to keep you on track with your budget.
1. Determine why you made a budget. There is a reason you have put time into developing your budget, now you need to put into writing what your goals are. Do you want to be debt free, live on one income, or save for retirement? Make this into your personal or family financial mission statement. Write it down or type it up nicely and then have it laminated and display it in a prominent place where you can see it often. Many times we just need a reminder to ourselves for why we are doing a particular thing, and that can be just enough incentive when th View the rest of this article


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