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Old 07-09-2009, 02:14 PM
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Default Personal Budgeting

Do you do personal budgeting? If yes, why? Please share what budgeting tools and/or budgeting software do you use?
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Old 07-13-2009, 03:03 PM
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I don't budget, but I'm very careful with my money and I don't just buy things I don't need.
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Old 07-13-2009, 03:55 PM
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Budgeting is good for 2 key reasons. You undertsnad your cash in and cash out. Once you have identified your income and the monthly costs you are more cognisant of what you can and can't spend on. I use a simple Excel spreadsheet with all the costs I have monthly/annually.
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Old 07-13-2009, 05:50 PM
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I've heard good things about mint.com, however it looks like it's geared towards US customers. Have anybody used it?
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Old 08-24-2009, 02:27 PM
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I don't think you can use Mint with your Canadian bank accounts.
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Old 09-19-2009, 10:03 PM
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I just use an excel spreadsheet.
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Old 11-16-2009, 09:02 PM
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I also started usinga simple spreadsheet and it works just fine.
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Old 11-17-2009, 05:51 PM
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Excel spreadsheet is just fine.
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Old 11-19-2009, 09:01 AM
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Old 11-25-2009, 10:07 AM
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as with most others, i'd say a simple excel sheet will do. i always maintain that using special software to keep tabs of budget and computations of finances is futile if you are not careful about your money and if you keep on accruing debts because you make too much unnecessary purchase.
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