Living Within Your Means
Luke 14:28“For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—
My budgeting life started when I had left college and started working a minimum wage job. I had to learn how to live within my means. I know God would bless me with things in my life but I also knew i had to be responsible with what it is he gave me. I learned how to do things like Coupon to help me save money. Or buying things in bulk during the 20% off sale at biglot such as my cleaning product for the year saved me 20 cents off the dollar and time and gas for the the year. When i moved to Florida it was better to buy a car without car payment and only pay car insurance. Its good to live a good lifestyle but to live within your means of what you have. Like the scripture says do you not sit down a count the cost? Why over spend if you cant afford it. ? If you dont have enough it will leave you in debt or with an unfinished project or in a bad place. if you have enough then it works out creating a monthly budget for yourself is a great way to make sure that you stay within your means of living. you cant buy a million dollar house on a 40,000 dollar a year budget.
Living a Debt Free Life
Proverbs 22:7
Paying off your debts is wonderful. When i first moved to Florida I moved with 20,000 dollars i had payed my car in cash and the only debt i had was student loans. I got my first credit card but payed it off monthly and in full. I only had my credit cards to make sure i built credit so i could oneday buy a house because even though i wasnt where i wanted to be i had goals about my future. So I made sure that I lived within my means and always made on time payments to everyone a had an account with. Till this day Im still 100% ontime payments. The thing is you want to think about your future. So within your budget you make sure you pay off what you owe. If you can what ever is extra each month its okay to throw it onto a debt to make it lower. The goal is to live a debt free life.The goal is to live a debt free life this take alot of self control and dedication
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