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Budgeting can be difficult, but getting into a habit and getting abudgetin control is important.
No matter how much money came in, it was going out just as fast.
The funny thing was that the big expenses were not solely the problem.
The small, unnecessary spending added up like a lot!
Here are the changes they made toget their budget under control.
That was when I decided to stop buying anything unless it was absolutely needed at that moment.
No more stocking up.
No more backup purchases.
Treating Weekends Like Weekdays
Weekends used to be the biggest money drain, Roberts said.
Like, every Saturday started the same way.
It was as if every weekend was a mini vacation.
So, we changed how we approached weekends.
We still had fun, but we were not wasting money just because it was the weekend.
Within a month, our budget looked completely different.
If a pair of shoes wore out, I immediately bought new ones.
If a chair wobbled, I got a new one.
It became a cycle of spending that I never really questioned.
That was when I decided to stop replacing things without trying to repair them first.
I taught myself how to patch shoes, fix zippers, sew up torn clothes and reinforce furniture.
It took some trial and error, but it saved us money almost immediately, he said.
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