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The 50-30-20 budget is a good structure and has worked well for me. The 20% savings number doesn't mean that you have to necessarily put it in a bank account - it can (and does for me) include retirement investing. The 30% wants number (for me) includes a sinking fund for an annual vacation.
This one works well especially if you don't have debt outside of a mortgage. I highly recommend it. The best budget is the one you will consistently stick with and grows your wealth and gives you control.
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I was never able to make the zero based budget work for me. I prefer the 50/30/20, but I modify the categories slightly. 50% towards debt and savings, 30% towards regular bills, groceries, giving and transportation, 20% towards wants. I never overspend. I have paid off a ton of debt. I put a fair amount in savings and investing and I get to have money for the fun stuff. The more debt I pay off, the more of the 50% I get to allocate towards savings.
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I have a spread sheet that has monthly tabs for the entire year and calculates each month by all the bills that are paid that month, our take home pay, and what we spend. I have it so it estimates what we can have if we stick to the budget. I also use a modified 50:30:20 rule to calculate our budget, but our necessities are more like 30-35% of our income since we have no debt and our house is paid off. our monthly budget will automatically adjust based on the 30% depending on if our monthly necessities go up and down and how much over or under we go on our budget. it seems kind of complicated to anyone else that looks at it, but I'm also a civil engineer and spreadsheets are part of my job.
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I learned zero based budgeting from my parents, before knowing it had a name. To me, it's always been the one that makes the most sense. I guess we also did a version of reverse budgeting, in that savings was always first priority, then bills/necessities, then wants, when distributing the income. I tried the 50/30/20 for a while, but those percentages never seemed to work for my particular life and circumstances. I've never heard of the 60% solution before, that sounds way too complicated to try when I already have something that works!
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@mayraavila867
2 months ago
What works for me is still stuffing envelopes and writing budget and strategies on paper 😂
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