Basics Beginner: Budgeting Made Simple

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1.
When you budget, you try to match your _______.
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Income with your expenses. When you budget, you try to match your income with your expenses.
2.
What are some options if despite good faith efforts to make a budget work, you are still getting behind on your bills?
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Take on a side gig. This is an example of a hard choice that may be unavoidable.
3.
What is one way to gather accurate information about your income to include in a budget?
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Looking at your paystub. Looking at your paystub is one way to gather accurate information about your income to include in a budget.
4.
Budgeting for a major purchase has many advantages; one of them is that _______.
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You may be able to avoid the use of debt. Avoiding debt can save you a lot of money, as well as give you time to think over the purchase.
5.
What is one kind of financial need?
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Groceries. Groceries are one kind of financial need.