subject: Practical Methods of Doing a Cash Money Records [print this page] Practical Methods of Doing a Cash Money Records
If you want to break away from days of through spender and not have instant noodles at the end of every month, bookkeeping is a good method. Because accounting can not only help you know the money usage of every month, but also check whether there is unnecessary expense, then you can save money. Accounting is to clearly know where the money is spent. When people just start to make money, it is always spent uncontrolly and lost in virtually. Wrting down accounts can also make you aware of your own "inconsistency of words and acts" and further improve your behavior. {P6}>
When starting to wrting down accounts, in order to avoid collapse, you can divide the scope of the accounts into food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, music 6 categories, and then record in accordance with consumer items. When you are accustomed to account, you may subdivide record by individual need. For example, accounting can use different colours to distinguish between various categories to make yourself aware of where to spend it. After several months, you can have a rough idea of the cost of each item, so you can do you budget of next month.
{P11}> David Bach, a well-known American financial expert who put forward the theory of "latte factor" before, nowadays put forward the so-called theory "double latte factor", which means the unnecessary [fixed recurrent costs." It seems like you do not go to the paid health club frequently, take a packet cigarettes of 65 Yuan or take a taxi once a week etc.. These expenses which you will not pay attention to ordinarily accumulate to an amount of money that will make you speechless. One pack of cigarettes each day, a month will spend 1,950 yuan and one year will take more than 23,000 yuan and we will spend 200,000 in ten years. Take a taxi each week, assuming that the average cost is 100 yuan, it needs 400 yuan a month and 4,800 yuan a year, in 10 years it will come to 48,000 yuan. You may have no chance to note this little money, but you can glance through the accounts, if the money saved is used to invest, it will be great gain.
By the accounting, you can plan your monthly budget, and regularly check the status of expenditure, to remind yourself not to over consumption and how much money is left to use. Accounting with credit card could help you check spending records on line and adjust and correct. Settle your accounts every week. If you spend too much on food, make sure you cut down other budget to offset the budget deficit.
