Taking Care of Your Finances Shouldn’t Take Your Life Away.
Managing your finances can be tedious. However, if you do everything right, you won’t have to spend all your time on it. In fact, once you’ve figured out your budget and systems, you can even set your finances on autopilot .
As the Zen Habits Tips Blog notes, your finances are easily overwhelmed because there is a lot to cover. When your finances are out of order, it’s a constant mess of deadlines, late fees, and adjustments. Surely the time spent setting a budget and changing your habits will take the same amount of time, right? In fact, this is not entirely true. Ideally, the systems you installed should start on their own, meaning you only need to check from time to time:
Just as you should take care of your hygiene, you should take care of your bills and savings. This does not mean that you have to think about it every minute of the day, or even every day … just regularly. Once you start this simple form of self-care, you will be amazed at the changes you see.
This does not mean that you do not need to pay attention to your money. You should also pay attention to your accounts and monitor the margins. However, if the thought of creating a budget or managing your expenses sounds boring, know that you are probably spending at least as much (if not more) effort to lead a disorganized financial life.
How Taking Care of My Finances Changed My Life | Zen Habits via Rockstar Finance