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Why Is a Personal Budget Important?

By Ron Evan Published August 13, 2020 Updated October 14, 2022

Budgeting is an important process that everyone should get to grips with if they want to make their finances work for them, rather than the other way around.

Here is a look at the specific benefits that creating a personal budget will bring to the table, as well as some of the common pitfalls to look out for as you endeavour to balance the books.

You Can Rein in Excessive Spending

Unless you know much money is coming in and going out each month, you might find that you are frequently living beyond your means, with credit card costs skyrocketing and the idea of putting any cash aside as savings feeling seriously unattainable.

At its heart, this is all what personal budgeting is about; comparing your income to your spending and making sure that there is not a problematic disparity here.

The good news is that creating a budget is not too much of a challenge, as this article explains, via a Google sheets budget template. Setting up such a spreadsheet to keep tabs on your monthly budget will empower you and also give you some much-needed perspective.

You Can Set and Achieve Goals

While your early efforts with personal budgeting may purely be focused on doing away with bad habits, you can quickly move on to setting savings goals and seeing the progress that you are making towards achieving them with each passing month.

Whether you are aiming to get together a deposit for a house, or are intending to take the trip of a lifetime, a budget will bring you ever closer to realising your dreams.

You Can Cope With Calamities

Life can often throw unexpected hurdles in the way without warning, and if you are not prepared to cover the costs of emergency expenses then you could find that your problems are quickly exacerbated.

Meanwhile with a personal budget by your side, you can prioritise saving for scenarios in which having quick cash to hand will make a major difference.

You Can Plan for the Future

A personal budget is not just something which should help you from week to week, but should also be seen as part of a long term plan to put yourself in a positive financial position for decades to come.

Ultimately your aim should be to ensure that you are saving cash each month not just for leisure activities and emergencies, but also for your retirement years down the line. It is always best to start planning for retirement as soon as possible, and making sure that you have the financial means to enjoy your post-work life is key to this.

You Can Avoid Stress

Financial worries are often cited as the most stressful aspect of modern life, outpacing other common conundrums related to health and personal relationships.

Indeed in many cases it may in fact be money woes that are the root cause of the complications that you are facing in other aspects of your life. So rather than lying awake in bed every night dwelling on the obstacles you face, creating a personal budget can help you to be proactive in overcoming them, helping you sleep soundly.

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Ron Evan

Ron Evan is a Digital Marketing Specialist and a writer who takes his time writing articles about traveling, psychology, and digital marketing. He learned about the digital marketing industry accidentally almost four years ago. He is currently based in Taiwan, taking up an MBA degree with a focus on Marketing. During his free time, he enjoys going to karaoke, window shopping, and watching Netflix.

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Contents
You Can Rein in Excessive Spending
You Can Set and Achieve Goals
You Can Cope With Calamities
You Can Plan for the Future
You Can Avoid Stress

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