374 | Tools to Simplify Budgeting and Tracking Finances

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Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media

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4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, Brad and Jonathan discuss a variety of tools that can help you stay on-top of your budget. Whether you create your own tracking systems or don't have any expense tracking systems in place yet, there likely is a tool mentioned in this episode that can help you get one step closer to your financial goals! Remember, keeping your expenses organized can help you take drastic steps forward in your FI journey!

Timestamps

0:56 - Introductions
3:57 - Identity Statements and Failure
9:55 - The Post Tax Season Check-Up
13:33 - The Large Tax Return
17:34 - Simplifying Your Financial Life
22:34 - Loading Your Financial Tool-belt
26:25 - Tracking The Cost Of Your Life
34:53 - Tracking Softwares
42:17 - Envelope Systems
46:44 - Should You Use A Budgeting Template
51:56 - Conclusion

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone on today's episode tools to simplify budgeting and tracking finances.
0:04.1	Welcome to the Ultimate Crowdsource.
0:05.7	Personal financial this is ChooseFi.
0:08.4	You're listening to ChooseFi Radio.
0:11.2	The blueprint for financial independence lives here.
0:16.4	If you're looking to unblocked as secrets to financial independence and early retirement,
0:28.8	you're in the right place.
0:30.8	Stay tuned and join a community of like-minded people who are getting all things to do
0:35.6	and taking control of their lives in the pursuit of financial independence.
0:40.0	ChooseFi.
0:41.2	You're home for financial independence online.
0:44.4	Alright guys, very excited to dive into this week's episode and to help me with this,
0:58.8	I am my co-host Brad here with me today.
1:00.4	How you doing buddy?
1:01.2	Hey Jonathan, I am doing quite well.
1:03.2	Yeah, what's going on in your world?
1:04.8	Well, okay, so it's mid-April right now and I think it's time to confess a fail and hopefully
1:09.2	we'll round this off and call it a fail forward.
1:11.2	So I was very excited about all my gardening best practices.
1:14.4	I wouldn't say I was humble bragging but I was certainly sharing a lot in early March and
1:19.5	anybody that lives on the East Coast and certainly in the Virginia area will know that
1:25.3	March snuck up on us and at the very end of March passed us a two-plus day frost.
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