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Making Your Budget Work

Published on Nov 22, 2015

Top tips on making a budget work for you (adapted from Prezi)

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Making Your Budget Work

Follow our top tips for living on a budget and sticking to it
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Build a Solid Foundation

  • Done your budget and know what you can afford to spend?
  • How strong is your willpower?
  • Sticking to your budget will take daily commitment. Use our tips to help you stick to your guns!

Core Principles

  • Be consistent & honest about your spending
  • Set yourself savings goals
  • Keep motivated
  • Don't beat yourself up
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Let's Drill Down...

Core Principles

  • Be consistent & honest about your spending: Remember to record everything you spend in your budget, even that daily coffee fix!
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Core Principles

  • Set yourself savings goals: a journey without a destination will end with you getting lost. Keep motivated by reminding yourself exactly why you're saving
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Core Principles

  • Keep motivated: regularly remind yourself of what your budget enables you (or will enable you) to do
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Core Principles

  • Don't beat yourself up: if you fall off the budgeting wagon don't worry! Simply pick yourself back up and begin by planning where to recoup your losses
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Keep a Log of Daily Spending...

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Don't rely on your bank balance to paint a true picture of your financial situation as timings on your income and outgoings may not tally (i.e. bills)

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Never without your phone?

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Download the online banking app from your bank's website and check out our list of personal budgeting apps (below).

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Treat Yourself!

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Just like a diet, budgeting is all about balance.
Remember: Everything in Moderation!

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Reached your monthly savings goal?

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Reward your efforts with a little treat, as long as the cost of it doesn't offset the savings you've made!

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Generate Extra £££'s

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Cut back on non priority spending, such as buying hot drinks or lunch on campus

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Share the Cooking

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Imagine cooking dinner only once or twice a week?
You could save serious money by sharing the cooking with your housemates

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Try freezing leftovers: you can use these for packed lunches when you're too tired to make stuff in the morning!

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Sell Unwanted Possessions

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Make a quick, one-off buck by selling stuff you no longer use...

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Try eBay or your local car boot sale, but be mindful of seller fees - don't let the cost of selling your used goods outweigh your profit

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Planning a Night Out?

Take Cash:
Leaving the plastic at home will mean you're not tempted to blow all of your bucks on a pricey kebab

Adopt the Money Mantra...

1. Do I Need It?
2. Will I Use It?
3. Can I Afford It?

No? Don't buy it!

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Yes? Then...
Can I Buy It Cheaper Elsewhere?

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