Tips on creating your own budget planner.

Learn how to create a budget for your home or business with these handy tips.

While sticking to a budget can be a challenge, creating one doesn’t have to be. With a DIY budget planner, you can keep your finances organized in one place, making it easy to track your spending and save for big purchases. All you need is a spreadsheet, access to your bank accounts, a few office supplies, and a solid plan. We’ve compiled some helpful tips to create a budget planner for your home, office, or any other special projects.

How to create a DIY budget planner.

A three-ring binder planner is one of our favorite budget planner DIY methods because it’s easy to add pages to the planner as needed.

First, gather the needed supplies:

• A three-ring binder
• Vinyl binder sleeves
• Binder dividers
• A printer and paper
• Pens

Once you’ve gathered everything togethers, follow these steps to create your personal budget planner:

1. Put a few empty vinyl binder sleeves in the front of the binder to collect receipts.
2. Insert your binder dividers and label them by month.
3. Print a monthly calendar for each month and insert them in each monthly section.
4. Create a monthly budget of your income and expenses in a spreadsheet.
5. Convert your budget spreadsheet to a PDF and print one for each month.
6. Insert your monthly budget spreadsheets into your binder.

That’s really all you need to know about how to make a budget planner of your own. Use it to easily manage your home or business finances.

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