#midmonthcheckin

[lifeonabudgetsblog]

Well...that is not what I was expecting to see. 😳 WAKE UP CALL. Just because you have a tight budget on paper doesn't mean you run a tight budget. Do you know where all your money is going? If you're like me and your expenses are running over...it means your money isn't going where it should be and that means you're not actually following your budget. It looks like this mid month check in showed me the importance of tracking and reconciling your expenses against your budget. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. 🖊🗒💲 #ourfinancialjourney #transparency #realitycheck #midmonthcheckin #budgets #spending #expensetracking #money #reconciliation #lessons https://www.instagram.com/p/B2nWPXFgAZP/?igshid=1gc1cosmvgof5

[lifeonabudgetsblog]

Mind. Blown. 🤯 I bank with Member's 1st and I use their online banking. Today I discovered something that I never knew was possible (not sure if this is as astonishing to anyone else) but you can export your account transactions to a spreadsheet!!! Whaaaaattt?!!! Mid month check ins are going to be easyyyy!! * I pulled my transactions from the 1st of the month to the 15th of the month and exported them. * I sorted the data by column D (the amount) from smallest to largest which put all of the withdraws at the top. * Then I went through each and color coded based on whether the expense was budgeted or not- green for budgeted, pink for not budgeted. * I then sorted by color. Tomorrow I will total each for our mid month check in. Tomorrow I'll post a review of what I find....😳 #financialfreedom #financialjourney #midmonthcheckin #budgeting #expenses #onlinebanking #overspending #realitycheck #debtpayoff #keepyourselfincheck #keeptrackofspending #debt #money #reallife #adulting https://www.instagram.com/p/B2iJQ3wgI0y/?igshid=z26py2mrkwqg