01/15/2025
BuDgEtS✨
Everyone lOvEsS to hate them. But it’s 2025, + it’s time to take control, spend intentionally, + start INVESTING 💸
Budgeting is not about saying -NO- to everything. As a single mom, I know my single income can’t afford EVERY want 👜 that comes up, so I spend INTENTIONALLY✨ and control my money without the guilt.
‼️Here’s how - The 50/30/20 Rule‼️
This popular budgeting method helps break your income down into categories:
1- NEEDS
2- WANTS
3- SAVINGS
1▪️ Needs include your bare minimums to survive. Bills, housing, gas, food, and some will even include minimum payments for credit cards. (Think of this category as the “IF I DON’T PAY THIS, SOMEONE IS COMING FOR ME” 👮♀️
2▪️Wants are the nice little upgrades in your life. Stopping by for ☕️ , dining out, that expensive gym membership, the luxuries. Your new fancy📱, too. Don’t confuse basic needs with luxury wants.
3▪️Savings is my favorite category. Where you are prioritizing YOU in your budget - through debt payments, investing, or funding your emergency savings. You can also set up ‘sinking funds’ like a “2025 Christmas” category- that way you’re prepared next season 😉
NOW…
I honestly think this can be a bit unrealistic. Why?
The way us millennials have been straight up
PLAYED👊🏼 by inflation 📈, COVID 🦠 , recessions, global warming😩, etc…..
Let’s not set ourselves up for failure. If you’re coming from a place where you just can’t get your needs at 50%, I’ve included two more examples of 60% and 70% needs because you know what- we work with what we got.
We control the controllables and MAKE. A. BUDGET.
🛑Not to say don’t go out there and increase your income so that these numbers can eventually get to that 50/30/20 split, but I know a lot of us might’ve moved out too soon, or are stuck at a job, or just didn’t realize how TOUGH it can be out in these streets 🚗
So remember, success is measured based off where YOU start, what YOU achieve, and the habits YOU build. Don’t compare your journey to others.
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