I'm currently using Mint to budget. It works fine, but I feel like not using it anymore. You can't include everything, it doesn't sync well and I lost all the data I had in 2021 and early 2022 with my bank accounts. I'm grateful for the time I used it, but I think it's time, as 2023 begins, that I have the full control of my budget. I still feel like using Mint to track day to day, but I will do a monthly import of my expenses in a Google Sheet instead.

Can you suggest a great template? I know it's not complicated to create, but I'm not very good with this tool to custom it.

Thanks!

Hello lovely ladies,

I see people posting here a bit asking for help with budgeting (a struggle I think many of us can relate to!), so I thought I would post my method for staying on track.

I made this spreadsheet template to help me keep track of my spending and it has helped SO MUCH, so I decided I would spiff it up and post it here on the off-chance that it might help someone else out as well. (Not an ad! Free for everyone to use and share!)

There is an info sheet, as well as the template and then an example. If you have any questions at all don't hesitate to ask here or send me a DM!

Budget Template here!

I have time set aside each week to go through my finances for the 7 days prior and plug them into the spreadsheet. Anymore time than this and I find that I start to spend money that I don't have. I always felt so ashamed going over budget at the end of every month until I realized that I don't have to wait until the end of the month to log my purchases. I have an alarm in my calendar to do it every Sunday night and I've had a lot of success with this method. I hope it helps you out too!

Please feel free to share the link if you have people in your life that might find this beneficial.