About Budgeting & Personal Finance: Do You Have Trouble Sticking to Your Budget?

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Budgeting & Personal Finance Budgeting & Personal Finance Plan for Big Events Retirement Budgeting 101 From Paula Pant, your Guide to Budgeting & Personal Finance Budgets are great in theory ... but sticking to a written budget can be as tough as trying to stick to a diet. An extra $5 here, another $15 there, and pretty soon you're $250 over-budget.  In this week's newsletter, we feature a new article that gives you three actionable tips to help you stick to your budget. Enjoy! 3 Tips to Help You Stick to Your Budget Finding it tough to stick to your budget? The reality of money-management is that -- (like with losing weight) --  the real battle is mental, rather than tactical. To stick to your budget, you need to change your mindset. These three mental tricks can help. Search Related Topics:  budgeting  saving  motivation Are You a Two-Income Couple? Try This. Are you a dual-income couple? If so, set a goal to live on one persons' income while saving the other persons' income. Not only will this help you accelerate your savings, it'll also prepare you for any time in the future when you might become a one-income couple (perhaps because of a job loss, a transfer to a new state, etc.) Search Related Topics:  couple money  relationships  marriage Try the Simple 5-Category Budget Overwhelmed by a detailed budget with 12 or 15 different line-items? Try this ultra-simple budget, which only has five broad categories. Search Related Topics:  budgeting  money management  personal finance What is a Certificate of Deposit, or CD? What's a CD -- and should you put your savings into these instruments? Search Related Topics:  cd  certificate of deposit  banking Related Searches Budget Template Budget Spreadsheet Household Budgeting Budgeting Your Money Retirement Budget Featured Articles Money Websites, Magazines and Books True Stories and Tips from Readers Glossary and Definitions How to Optimize Your Finances FAQ's Blog   More from About.com Sign-up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Please sign up it's free (of course), we think you will like it! Want More From About.com Check out our social page tailored to your interest! This newsletter is written by: Paula Pant Budgeting & Personal Finance Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Budgeting & Personal Finance newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Must Reads Budgeting with Irregular Income The ABC Budgeting Method How to Create Your First Budget Don't Trim These 3 Items from Your Budget Retirement Savings by the Decade Advertisement