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The overwhelming majority of Americans engage in some form ofbudgeting.

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This survey was based on 1,000 respondents.

Luckily, theres another lesser-knownbudgeting methodthat might help.

Heres how to do it:

First, write down your spending from the past 30 days on paper.

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Green can stay, yellow you should question.

Thats an easy way to budget.

I think its impossible to disconnect money from emotions, said Kullberg.

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Everything about money is emotional.

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