YOU CAN Set And Stick To A Budget

The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast

Pete Matthew

Business, Investing, Education

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking about budgeting and encouraging that you CAN set and stick to a budget. It’s not easy, but it isn’t complicated either, so we’re here to make it as easy as possible.

Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/YC4

Everything You Need To Know

01:22 Budgeting is a baseline skill – spend less, earn more.

07:55 Budgeting should be forward-looking – be proactive not reactive.

09:30 Keep it flexible – Emergency fund for surprises.

Everything You Need To Do

12:27 Track – Establish your income, Identify what you spend your money on currently.

19:31 Plan – Pay yourself first, Know your triggers for (over)spending.

24:50 Do – Two account system, Bills and spending.

32:34 Review – Review weekly and at the end of the month. It’ll take time to bed in, so don’t beat yourself up if you don’t get it right first time.

40:44 Podcast Review.

42:17 News about the podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi folks and welcome to the Meaningful Money podcast. This is Season 30, Episode 4.
0:13.6	Yes, indeed. Welcome back, all you lovely people and welcome back to this equally lovely person, my good buddy, Mr. Roger Weeks, hey, Jimber?
0:20.0	Yeah, I do fine, thanks, Pete. So hi, Pete and everybody else, to this next lovely person my good buddy mr roger weeks a jenba yeah i do fine thanks
0:20.9	pete so hi pete and everybody else to this next episode of our series and one very close to my
0:26.1	retired finance director's heart because today we're to be to wet budgeting and encouraging that you
0:30.9	can set and stick to a budget it's not easy but it's not complicated either so we're here to
0:35.9	make it as easy as possible for you. Stay tuned to the end though.
0:39.3	We've got some news about the future of the podcast.
0:42.3	We've been making some decisions, been asking you guys what you think,
0:45.3	particularly if you get the weekly digest email.
0:49.3	Just a little pivot, at least for the time being.
0:52.3	So stay tuned for that.
0:53.3	We're going to do that after the main
0:54.4	content here so yeah you know i'm sure i'm sure that's intriguing i've read i've read the script
0:59.0	yeah that's right and it says intriguing intriguing there yeah and as usual after the main
1:05.9	body of this show we'll read one of your reviews and let you know what we're going to cover
1:08.9	next time yes we will so remember as always notes and links from today's show are at the show notes,
1:13.3	which is the only link you need to remember.
1:14.9	Meaningfulmoney.tv slash Y-C4 for You Can, Episode 4.
1:19.8	Let's crack on and look at everything you need to know.
1:23.8	Budgeting today, Rodch.
1:25.3	Oh, yeah, I love it. Yeah, and it's like the root of everything, and it sort of underpins everything, a baseline skill.
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