How to Make a Budget – Quadrant IV

This entry is part 5 of 24 in the series Trek IV Special Situations

A budget is needed to get spending under control so that cash flow is positive and money is freed up for your savings program, debt reduction and investments.

Step 1
Complete Column A in Worksheet A
Fill in your estimated monthly payments for the spending categories listed in Worksheet A by entering these estimates in column A.

These are [...] Read more »

Live Within Your Means

This entry is part 4 of 24 in the series Trek I Cash Flow

To maintain a positive cash flow and reduce debt you need to live within your means. If you aren’t retired – and so are in an accumulation phase – you also need to free up cash for savings and investments.

Unless you’re retired you should be saving 10% of your after-tax income and you should [...] Read more »

Budgeting

This entry is part 5 of 24 in the series Trek I Cash Flow

Having a budget gives you a valuable tool to help get spending under control and maintain a positive cash flow.

Step 1
Complete Column A in Worksheet A
Fill in your estimated monthly payments for the spending categories listed in Worksheet A by entering these estimates in column A.

These are non-discretionary expenses. In other words, due to a [...] Read more »

Live Within Your Means – Quadrant IV

This entry is part 4 of 24 in the series Trek IV Special Situations

To maintain a positive cash flow and reduce debt you need to live within your means. If you aren’t retired – and so are in an accumulation phase – you also need to free up cash for savings and investments.

Unless you’re retired you should be saving 10% of your after-tax income and you should [...] Read more »

Evaluate Spending

This entry is part 2 of 24 in the series Trek I Cash Flow

Spending is such an important part of the “cash flow” equation. And since cash flow is so important to building net worth, or reducing dependency on net worth, how we spend, and the aspects of our psychology that drive our spending, is simply something that we should try to understand.

The first step in improving [...] Read more »