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Topic : Finance
Last Updated : 2020-05-24 13:30:05
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Preparing a budget is essential for our life. It worries us a lot while thinking about developing a budget. Well, the process of budget making does not always have to be complicated. We need to be realistic with our income, expenditure and probable plans for the future. Here are five effective ways to start planning our budget.

1. Set short or medium-term goals- The first and foremost priority would be to set goals for the budget. Often we tend to draw up long term plans and later find it very difficult to abide them. So, in order to prevent this, we need to draw short or medium-term goals.


2. Categorize spending- We need to categorize our spending on a priority basis. On top of this list will appear the items of necessity like food, clothing, rents, etc. Then come the things which are helpful but can also be done without and at the bottom of this list will appear items that are of least importance and would make no serious impact on our lifestyle if we do not have them.

3. Think of ways to boost monthly income- We need to consider increasing our monthly income so that we have more money to spend at the end of the month. We should consider taking up some part-time jobs on top of our regular jobs. These jobs can range from giving classes to students to working at a supermall or grocery store. Apart from making extra money, we can always gather some valuable experience to develop our skill set.

4. Keep track of your spending- This is another vital step in the process of preparing the budget. Keeping track of our expenses will always alert us of unnecessary or overspending. Our expenses should always be proportionate to our income and we should always try to maintain this proportion.

5. The budget should be flexible- Often, we make the blunder of setting an impossibly rigid budget, which later becomes difficult for us to maintain. That is why we need to plan our budget in such a way where it covers all the significant expenses and also keeps an additional amount in case of an emergency or any situation that requires immediate attention.

A lot of options are available to us nowadays to prepare our budget. If it is troublesome for us, then we can always take the help of professionals to do the work. We need to consider all the available options and select the one which suits us the best. Always remember, the sooner we start saving money, the faster we get a chance to be financially independent.

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