Budgeting is many things to many people, I’m going to give you my definition!

But be warned, I have been told in the past that nobody thinks like me so be ready for a different perspective on life.

It depends on why I am thinking about budgeting, is it the day before payday, planning the grocery list for the following week, planning the next 24 hours of meals, school lunches to make sure all tummies are full with what’s left in the pantry,  or even divvying up the shampoo.  The word budgeting here mainly relates to money, spreading what we have left with what we need to buy.

In the garden we also budget, where is the best place for the tomatoes and basil plants, which plants work together to help each other thrive, companion planting is also a form of budgeting, to get the most out of your crop, plant the right plants together to nourish the soil, attract or repel insects and generally improve the growing conditions.

Clothing can also be a topic of budgeting. Yes it is could be to do with affordability, but also space if you have a small wardrobe, capsule wardrobes are a good system and thereby you will be budgeting the space of your wardrobe.  

For anyone who is time poor, this is another area of budgeting that we can work on.  Multi tasking is a simple budgeting action i.e taking your dirty cup to the kitchen, pick up that annoying newspaper that has been left on the floor and put it where it belongs.  Maybe not much of an action but as you get back to sitting down you will feel lighter. I dare you to give it a go!

Budgeting is a wonderful thought provoking topic, would love to hear your definition of the word.
One of the things I love about the word budget is that every single human being on the planet uses it in one form or another, not only those less fortunate, or those with an abundance.

If you are still with me, it tells me there is a word or two that has captured some interest for you so why not experiment and give something different a go and tell me how it is for you. 

The time has come to make a decision to stand up, turn around and see what needs putting in the correct place, just one thing and put it away.  Sit back down and reread this post and think about any area in your life that you would like to streamline, give you more time and let’s work out a budget whether it be time, money or actions.
Let me know if you would like me to help you figure out the right budgeting track.  You may start something and decide no, that’s not going to work, that’s great as you have made headway in working out what it is you don’t like.

You may not know where or how to start, ask and I am happy to help you take that first step, doesn’t matter where in life we are there are still times that we need a helping hand.