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Budgeting.
Budgeting is the fundamental way to get control over your finances. Budgeting is knowing what you earn and spend and planning to make the "ends meet". Once the plan (Budget) is in place, you maintain control by sticking to the budget; regularly reviewing your income and outgoings to see where you stand; and continually adjusting your current activities to make sure you stay on track.
It's easy to write but not so easy to do. You will probably need some tools to help you. If you have access to your own computer, you can download and use the tools available below. You need to be able to use a spreadsheet to take advantage of them. If you haven't tried, find some help to do this as you will likely find it is worthwhile. A speadsheet is a big visual calculator that keeps your figures organised and calculates automatically once it is progammed.
Stay on track. You could go to a fair amount of work to put together a plan and let it all slide by allowing other things to stop you keeping up to date. Put up signs in a prominant place reminding you to keep up with the bookwork. Get into a regular habit of keeping your receipts and recording your expenses. Once it is a habit, it becomes easier to do. Fix a time to do this, even if it means missing something that you like to do, it may help to remind you. Keep in mind the outcome - control over your finances. Think of the relief that you will feel when you have debts paid off and start to make real savings.
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