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Learning how to manage money has quite a few ups and downs! It’s much harder to budget when you feel like you simply aren’t making enough money to cover basic expenses, but you CAN do it with a few ...

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Adding contingencies to annual budgets is not just a safety net; it’s a strategic tool that can help your business remain agile and resilient in the face of uncertainty. The Fast Company Executive ...

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While there are many different types of budgets, they all serve as a framework for how you will spend your future cash. Sometimes aspirational and sometimes rigid, budgets are often a work in progress ...

If the thought of budgeting gives you a headache, there's another way to approach managing your money without tracking every expense or obsessing over spreadsheets. It's called intuitive budgeting.

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Make your budget work for your real lifestyle—not the one on spreadsheets Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit ...