Budgeting Can Be

Accounting

Allocation

A blueprint

Forecasting

A freedom giver

Making ends meet

Planning spending

Estimating expenses

Planned disbursement

How to find more money

Saying no to purchases

Financial prioritisation

An embodiment of our values

A statement of our priorities

Not budging from what we’ve set

Not buying things we can’t afford

A thing that shows us what we value

More than just a series of numbers on a page

Telling our money where to go instead of wondering where it went

An estimation of revenue and expenses over a specified future period of time

An expression of our values and aspirations, not just a collection of numbers

Not restricting what we can spend, but what gives us permission to spend without guilt or regret

A finance plan that allocates future personal income towards expenses, savings and debt repayment

A calculation plan, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month