How I Handle Finances, Money, and Keep the Bills Paid
posted on 25 October 2011 | posted in
Business and Finance
I like many other married people have to keep close eye on my personal finances. I know the hardship of debt problems at work, when I had to fill out bankruptcy forms for the company I worked for last year. I find it easier to manage money when working together with my wife to ensure we are both constantly aware of each others’ spending so that we can keep a clean and accurate check book. I also always keep track of our bank account through online banking and constantly adjust money from the checking to savings account and vice versa to maximize interest gained. For bills, my wife and I have moved to online automatic bill payment for everything but our rent to make things easier to manage and to always have the money withdrawn immediately for bills due to again make sure we are keeping an accurate account of how much money we have left. I routinely will never buy anything until after exhausting all possible avenues to ensure that I am saving as much money as I can with my purchase to keep our bank account full.
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