separate tracking spending from balancing checkbook

separate tracking money/spending from balancing checkbook/Debit Card
I think where I would get missed up is I tried to keep track of where my money went by looking solely at the transactions at my checking account, via check or debit card. THe problem with this is two-fold. First, I couldn’t track what I spent Cash [...]

payday review - 5.9.2008

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. - Confucius
first the budget stuff:
I’ve created my budget for the next two weeks. The big thing I will have to focus on will be how much I spend on food. I budgeted a pretty good amount less that what I’ve [...]

First Payday Review

To climb step hills requires a slow pace at first. - Shakespeare
Here’s my first payday review!
first the budget stuff:
this is the last two weeks where I will be just examining how my money is spent. Starting with the next paycheck, I will be actually working on a budget. Hopefully that will mean a budget [...]

Checking the scale

“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.”
Robert Orben
I read once that while you are trying to lose weight, you shouldn’t get on a scale everyday. I’d have to disagree with that. I understand the reason they [...]

Payday is already spent

Ugh, what a terrible feeling. My payday is here, and I need the money badly. The problem is that all of that money is already spent. To be honest, more than my paycheck is already spent. Of course, I’m stressing out over that in such a way that I’m literally feeling sick to [...]