- Feb 4, 2012
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I don't have a budget per se. I just keep track of my funds. If it dips below a certain threshold I then ease up on the spending.
I don't tell myself oh I can only spend this month this week, etc
The way i budget myself :
Variable expenses : going out and activities
Fixed expenses : rent, public transit pass, cellphone, basketball (everything that NEEDS to be paid)
Income - fixed expenses - variables expenses = amount i can save up.
Then i force myself to save that amount, pay my fixed expenses and the rest is for me to spend however I want (i put that amount to a minimal and really forces me to spend on stuff i really want. No more buying shoes or spending on clothes, i'd rather spend that money with my friends / family doing activities or grabbing a drink. Experiences > material stuff).
There is also a dedicated amount of my savings that i put towards traveling, which is very important.
For now, most of my savings is going toward graduate school, which i'm starting in september. Fortunate enough, it won't cost me a lot of money. I tread grad school as an investment anyway.
Buffet said : "save first and then spend the rest" because spending and saving the rest never works out.
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