Most budgeting methods suck. This one doesn't.
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Why we’re breaking up with the 50/30/20 rule
Budgeting is something we all want to be good at, but actually doing it every week is more likely to inspire us to beat our head into a brick wall than it is to break out a cute little bullet journal and track all of our expenses. That was 50p for a pack of gum, yay!
The truth is that budgeting often feels restrictive, and no one wants to voluntarily step into a straight jacket every week if they can avoid it. But we desperately need to budget. More than half of UK consumers have been forced to cut non-essential spending this year.
But we don’t just need a budget so we can say we have one — we need one we can stick to. That’s why Moneyin2 went on a search for one that actually works.
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