MONTHLY BUDGET

Take a note and list all your expenses for the month and take a look at what you need to potentially cut back on or remove completely. This makes you understand how much money you have to plan with every month. It makes you know where you are really spending money on and to cut the excesses. Budgeting makes you think twice before spending, and it helps you to plan ahead. With the monthly budgeting, it helps in self-control most times and reminds you that you can’t go beyond your budget in certain things you need to buy or hope to spend money on.

LOOK FOR BETTER DEALS

Before buying anything review the best deals at an affordable price before buying any product or things you need. You can visit more than four to five stores to look for the best deals for that particular product or things you need to buy and in doing so, one of the stores will sell at a better price that suites you and help you save more money.

CASHLESS

Going cashless will allow you to control your spending, it empowers you to handle your budget well. Payment cards through banks such as MasterCard, verve and other allows you to carry out banking transactions safely without the need to carry cash around.

FUTURISTIC PLAN

Think of ways to better your future financially and grow your earnings. develop your work and financial skills. You can make your future better and create plans to achieve your set goals and how you can use money to achieve most of these goals. Think of ways to make you money make more money for you while your mind is at rest and you stress less about monetary issues. Think of your side hustle, real estates, investments and a few others that puts more money in your pocket.

DEAL WITH YOUR MONEY PROBLEMS

Don’t get caught up in debt, look for ways to settle your bad debt on time. Look for ways to increase the amount of money you save every month until your debts are settled and grow your savings by increasing the percentage, maybe from 10% to 20% monthly or even more if you want to be a little hard on yourself to achieve your financial or future plans.

RETIREMENT PLAN

The first areas of your financial life should be paying attention to your retirement savings. But most people still aren’t saving enough or putting plans in place for their retirement. Through your employers, you can create retirements plan or work with a financial institution to set- up one which you put a certain percentage into monthly

NEW HABIT

Once you start pay yourself by saving certain percentage, you grow in confidence and have a level of financial safety than before. When you start paying yourself, you experience a change in the way you think about your salary and money and even look for ways to grow your savings and make more money. It’s about making yourself feel you can spend less and pay yourself more. With time, you adapt to this new habit and get used to this new pattern and breaking away from an inherited old that makes you worry most times financially.