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EPISODE · May 8, 2023 · 18 MIN

The Importance of Flexibility in Your Budget

from Lola’s Frugal Life Podcast · host Lola K

A budget is a plan which can guide you through managing your income, expenses, and other assets. However, if we want a budget to be helpful to us, it is so important to realize that a budget must be flexible. If you go into a budget with the expectation that everything will go exactly to plan, more likely than not you will be very disappointed or discouraged. Of course, we want to be as accurate and thoughtful as we can be when creating our budgets. But, it is important to realize it is very likely that things will come up that we did not anticipate. When that occurs, you do not want to toss the budget aside and say that it didn’t work. Budgets need to be adjusted and updated as things happen. Modifying your budget is a very important part of managing your money. It allows you the opportunity to best handle unexpected situations that may come up in relation to your finances. Today I am going to share some tips for building some flexibility in your budget. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lolasfrugallife.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/lolak/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my Etsy Shop: ⁠LolasFrugalLife - Etsy

A budget is a plan which can guide you through managing your income, expenses, and other assets. However, if we want a budget to be helpful to us, it is so important to realize that a budget must be flexible. If you go into a budget with the expectation that everything will go exactly to plan, more likely than not you will be very disappointed or discouraged. Of course, we want to be as accurate and thoughtful as we can be when creating our budgets. But, it is important to realize it is very likely that things will come up that we did not anticipate. When that occurs, you do not want to toss the budget aside and say that it didn’t work. Budgets need to be adjusted and updated as things happen. Modifying your budget is a very important part of managing your money. It allows you the opportunity to best handle unexpected situations that may come up in relation to your finances. Today I am going to share some tips for building some flexibility in your budget. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lolasfrugallife.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/lolak/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my Etsy Shop: ⁠LolasFrugalLife - Etsy

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