One of our Core Values is Financial Security. We feel this is crucial for all of us. For entrepreneurs such as ourselves, we have also learned to value Quality Time and the Energy that life’s passion brings. For those reasons, you will find that most of our “Busyness” blog posts focus on the essentials of Time, Energy, and Money!

Have You Ever Played Payday?

There in front of us lay the Bills: Fashion Braces, Designer Eyeglasses, Clock Cleaning, 10 Stitches, and a Monster Charge of $3,000. A Loan Record chart lay on the table beside them. Our children were young, so we knew what we were in for – many years of staring at such bills.

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Budget Form

“If you measure something, you can understand it. If you understand it, you can control it, and if you can control it, you can improve it.” The same holds true in your monthly budgeting.

The reality is that it is nearly impossible to complete & follow a monthly budget without improving your overall financial position. There are several reasons for this, so I would challenge you to do this.

First, just developing a budget for yourself will raise your awareness of what you have for revenue or income sources and then also boost your cognizance of how much you are spending each month. Next, you will come to grips with the reality of one of three facts. Either you need to boost your income sources, reduce your outgoing expenditures or, thank goodness, if you have more income than expenses, you can then save some money. Of course, this is fantastic! You just need to determine where you will store or invest those extra funds each month…

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