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January 2016 Budget Report
We made a few adjustments to our budget this month and are gearing up for more changes this spring. First, we are going to budget off of Kyle’s salary alone instead of his salary plus my contractor income as we were last fall. This month, in addition to Kyle’s salary I did have contractor income and I paid myself part of my 2015 business earnings. (I’m going to wait until we finish our taxes and have … Read entire article »
Filed under: month in review
Revamping Our Money Management System
Kyle and I have had a fairly stable money management system for the last few years, which we laid the basis for shortly after we were married. I have trumpeted its benefits in many blog posts over the years and think it worked very well for us for those years, though it was probably more hands-on than most people would like. In brief, our money management system between 2010 and 2014 was to: Practice percentage-based budgeting in … Read entire article »
Filed under: budgeting, targeted savings
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