How to Budget Your Life Without Spending a DimeAn easy-to-create Numbers spreadsheet can help you track your money without making you part with it.
Taking care of yourself financially should be simple: Spend less than you make. But it's easier to repeat that rule than follow it. Plenty of apps can help you manage a monthly budget. But if you're looking to save a few bucks — how admirably frugal of you! — you can do the job with an easy spreadsheet instead.
This example uses Numbers, but you can apply the same rules and coding to any spreadsheet, including Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel. The following steps will take a few minutes to follow, but once you're done, you'll have a powerful, flexible budget spreadsheet you can use month after month.
1. Give yourself room to work.
Create a new spreadsheet in Numbers, then use the extender buttons at the end of the horizontal lettered row at the top of the sheet, and the bottom of the vertical numbered row on the left side of the sheet, to expand the sheet's dimensions...
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How to Budget Your Life Without Spending a Dime
