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Hi, I was just calling because my wife and I are trying to stay for a house, and I've talked to her about having a budget.

And for some reason, she says that we can stick to a budget, and have like just used my notes app on my phone and talked about it with her.

But it seems like it's like $10 here, $20 here, $50 here, and it adds up.

And I don't think she really realizes it.

So I'm just calling for like, ask how I can like talk to her about it in a way where like she can get on board and then like how she can like stick to the budget that I'm wanting to stick to.

So there could be two things at play. It could be that the budget is not quite realistic enough.

It could be.

I don't know.

I always say that budgets should be three things detailed, realistic, and flexible.

So just that first pass here, there's part of me that thinks it's probably not hitting

the mark in one or more of those areas.

Did you tell me that you're using the notes app to budget or you're using the notes app to

decide what to say to her?

No, we've just written down like all of our expenses and then like all of our, how much we make and then all of our expenses per month.

Okay. So that's another part of this. You know, having the right tool is what's going to make

budgeting something that you can stick to and that you can do for the long haul. It makes it

more enjoyable. It's really hard to stick to a budget that's written just in the notes app. I'm just going to tell you that.

So I think what we need here is the right set of tools and the right set of parameters

and how to work the tool.

So before you leave today, I'm going to get you set up with every dollar.

It's the best budgeting app there is because on it, it's not a notes app.

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