Question

I'm a newbie.  Like just a couple days in.I'm a newbie. Like just a couple days in. I'm watching everything I can and following the Blueprint. Today I will be working on expenses. Where do I start on expenses? May 1st? April 1st? April 11th? How do I start tracking today? I may be ahead of myself but how would I budget by paycheck for my family? I get paid bi-weekly but my husband gets paid weekly. Then we have other income that's once a month. It makes my head spin to figure it out! If this has been said 573, 839 times or if there's a link I need to check out, please point me in the right direction.  

Answer 1

Hi! The method usually is to put the anticipated extra income with the closest pay date. As far as the weekly pay, it really would be for you to decide if bills are going to come out every week or if you want to save his check and add it to yours biweekly. Does that makes sense?  

Answer 2

I suggest looking at the budget mom’s YouTube for videos where she sets up real readers budgets. There are several pay check frequency samples.  

Answer 3

I get paid bi weekly and my husband gets paid weekly. I do a budget every week. You can combine paychecks and only budget bi weekly and just budget for all of the income you’re getting in those two weeks! There is a blog post on it and a couple of YouTube videos on this topic! I found it easiest to follow along with Miko with my real numbers as she was explaining it to help it make more sense!  

Answer 4

I would start with March or April to get a look at where you’ve been spending for a full month.