I seemed to have this feeling our income doesn't go as far
as it did. Each month that passes things just get tighter and tighter.
What I did to make me see our situation more clearly and to knlow
exactly what we could spend each week for groceries & incidentals, I started
paying the "monthly" bills weekly. With internet banking I was able to set
up reoccuring weekly payments.
I took the average-high utility amount, divided it by four. Set up auto-payments for that amount on my internet-banking. Now at the end of the month
it's not so tight and once or twice a year, I don't have a utility bill.
I realize not all of the bills we pay regularly will accept this method, for
those accounts, I opened a checking account ( no-cost one) and transferred that weekly money into that checking account. This has sure helped me see exactly
how much I can spend on groceries etc. weekly.
This did take me a few months to get every things synchronized but was well worth it.
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