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Do I Really Need a Budget to Manage My Money?

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Have you tried to set up a budget to manage your money in the past but just felt frustrated and hopeless? Budgeting often brings up images of someone diligently entering numbers on a spreadsheet and trying to get the math to come out right. You’re not alone.

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Helpful Budgeting Tools to Keep You On Track

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Creating a budget can often be daunting. Instead of feeling down about your budget, find some tools like budgeting apps, spreadsheets or even features offered at your bank to help you keep track of your money. Using budgeting tools will offer less hassle and let you keep working toward your financial goals.

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Renovating Your Home? Think Like a Project Manager to Stay in Budget

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Whether you’re hiring contractors to renovate your home or just doing some weekend DIY projects, learning how to think like a project manager and get the best out of your team is a skill you can improve to help ensure your project goes as smoothly as possible. What is a project manager? Articulate your goals. Put everything on paper.

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Furthering Your Education on a Budget

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As with most things, knowing where you’re going will help you get to your end result faster, and hopefully on budget. If all that’s required is giving up a weekend or two to an online conference or seminar, then the effort may be worth it for the payoff. Set your budget. Use the following ideas to help you create a road map.

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10 Best Financial Management Tools for Personal and Professional Use

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Managing your business and personal finances can be a headache. We’ve put together a list of the best financial management tools for both personal and professional use. Professional money management tools tend to be extremely robust and not always suited to individuals. Honeydue Do you want to budget with your partner?

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Fill Up Your Love Bank, No Matter Your Budget: The Budgetnista Tiffany Aliche on Achieving Financial Wholeness

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A former preschool teacher, she’s also working to give the next generation better money managing tools. Up next: elementary schools. Don’t beat yourself up about your past financial habits. These small expenses add up, and block you from spending more money on things that will ultimately bring you more joy and satisfaction.

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How to Create a Budget: 6 Steps to Get You on the Path to Financial Security

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We all know expenses exist, but the numbers keep adding up—rent, water, trash, electricity, cable, Internet, car insurance, renter’s insurance, gas, cell phone. Managing money is intimidating, but it’s 100 percent doable—and it’s pretty darn necessary if you want to be in control of your dollars. Don’t ditch the budget.

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