Don’t Make the Fatal Flaw in Budgeting | I've Paid For This Twice Already... http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/01/11/dont-make-the-fatal-flaw-in-budgeting/#comment-10545 paidtwice Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:06:52 +0000 http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/01/11/dont-make-the-fatal-flaw-in-budgeting/#comment-10545 inthehole - you can do that (deduct from another category or from future months) and it does work, but you have to give yourself time to know what realistic is. If you are constantly robbing from next month's allocation to pay this month's, it isn't realistic, so you have to spend less or budget more. Most of us have a finite amount to work with - the trick is figuring out where we choose to spend and save that finite amount :) inthehole - you can do that (deduct from another category or from future months) and it does work, but you have to give yourself time to know what realistic is. If you are constantly robbing from next month’s allocation to pay this month’s, it isn’t realistic, so you have to spend less or budget more.

Most of us have a finite amount to work with - the trick is figuring out where we choose to spend and save that finite amount :)

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