If you’ve known me long enough, you’d know I love words better than numbers. But since I had to learn how to manage the family budget, numbers had to be my friend.
I bought a good ole math notebook where I list down our budget for the week and our purchases. I also have a special envelope where the funds are segregated and where the receipts are kept. And unlike math quizzes in school, I actually enjoy balancing the budget sheets and doing some accounting.
Previously, we’d just set a random amount and buy everything in the grocery. Oftentimes, our grocery bill would run towards 10k and we’d still come up short on supplies sometime during the week.
Now I go to the market to buy fish, chicken and vegetables where, of course, everything is much cheaper. When I buy stuff from the grocery, I now take the time to use a calculator and make sure everything is in the budget. No more lingering in the cookies and chips aisle.
This is the first time I’ve tried doing our budget and managing the household finances. Yeah, I’m a late bloomer. But I’d rather think of myself as a housewife in progress.
So far, so good.
When I’ve got this down pat, I’ll move on to the bigger things like investing in life insurance, mutual funds and maybe the stock market. That’s all part of the financial freedom project.
Before this is done, numbers will definitely be my best friend.
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