Key Tips to Stick to Your Budget (Even if You Can't Stick to A Budget!)

Let's go over some tips to stick to your budget! Love it or hate it if you want to be financially successful, you need to have a plan for your money! Getting your finances in order and building wealth takes planning, and your budget can help you do just that.

For many people, budgeting is just not any fun. It means limits or lack of or even punishment. I personally prefer the word "plan" to the word "budget" because it doesn't sound so constraining. But having a budget in some form is really important for your financial success.

Budgeting doesn’t have to be scary and overwhelming. Once you get the hang of doing it, it gets easier and easier every month.

Here are 6 tips to help you stick to your budget even if you struggle with or hate budgeting.

[kenyonbissett]

CGF Tips
1. Call Your Budget Something Fun
2. Plan your budget the month before.
3. Don’t assume every months budget will be the same.
4. Base you budget on your project income for the next month.
5. Pay your expenses before you splurge.
6. Track your spending, a journal.
My tip:
When tempted to spend outside your budget, use these Mantras:

MyGoal is to buy a (house)(car)(diamond tennis bracelet)(trip to Paris), 🛑 stop.

I make &&& per hour, do I want to work () to buy this item. Example: make $20hr after taxes and expenses related to work, do I want to work 32 hrs of my life to buy this purse ($600+tax). Is this purse worth 32 hrs of my life?

[estherbangura]

I love the idea that we can call it something fun.

[maxinechivers]

I really like your financial advice. Calling it something fun is excellent. I have an emergency account. Sometimes I really need this. For example in November last year we had a fire in our kitchen. It still hasn't been put totally right by my home insurance company. I had to buy a new kettle and a new toaster. Sometimes my car needs repairs and this is another unexpected thing I need to be able to afford. I began paying into a personal pension last year as well. I save every single month money in a regular saving account. It is my new emergency money. I am not ever going to use credit cards again. I paid off my mortgage in June 2017.

[thecheapbird]

Life goals! Is the name I gave my budget.

[vatyvibes]

Thank you so much. Name of my budget is goibg to be.. "Queen's financial world"🤩🤩♥️♥️💃💃💃

[leonardclay]

Good realistic sense of what she's saying. Sometimes things don't go as planned from month to month because it involves adjustments throughout the year as things will vary at times but if there's a commitment made with the right mindset you'll benefit later.

[EarthOrNothing]

Thank you for this!!! I always try and fail at budgeting bc I try soo hard to stick to it and get discouraged/blow it off whenever I surpass my spending or unexpected bills pop up. These tips and approaches are way more manageable and I'm excited to give it another go!

[meganantoinette]

Really appreciate you sharing all this financial advice 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[melodysacpopo]

I got that revalation that I don't like the word budget either and so changed the name for myself also 😜

[emaransat]

Thank you so much for the tips I budget each month, but I do not track my spending and I don't have sinking funds.

[michelarosier]

Great advice 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thanks for sharing.

[lkshaw]

Imma name my budget Taking Steps to my Abundant Plan

[pharmclare]

Wow amazing insights, thanks for sharing

[taxmanabii]

Great information Fola! Keep up the great work 👍

[barbarafallin]

Thank you, I am almost finished with a credit card and one to go, I cut down on my spending and put it on the credit card

[cpbeauvoir]

thanks for this video. I'm working on my budget while listening to this video.

[WholesomeBeaut]

I just started this month writing what I send each day on my monthly calendar so I can see it in real time. Before the end of the month and it’s too late and I don’t know where the money went

[augustbernard]

Thank you. I’ll try to make a budget fun, but it ain’t gonna be easy lol.

[lungilekhabela]

How can you advice someone to budget for, the normal things

[bradleymiller]

According to my calculations I blew $6k last year and have nothing to show for it.