Better Budgeting: How a 90-Day Financial Road Map Can Change Everything

We sat at the kitchen table, across the young mother of 5 as she let out a sigh of relief. She had called us the night before with panic in her voice. Their family had been hit with another financial emergency and she wasn’t sure how far this one was going to set them back. The stress was not only affecting her ability to get the rest she needed, but it was also impacting her ability to be patient and fully present for her kids. She sat there and thanked us for our help. In the last hour we had been able to bring her anxiety down and give her the confidence and peace of mind she needed to take care of her expenses and more importantly, be her best for her family.

She was used to budgeting from paycheck to paycheck, but it constantly left her turning to her husband and asking, “How can this be? I know we make decent money! Why does it always seem like we don’t have enough money by the end of the month?”

What we were teaching her to do wasn’t too different from what she had been doing before, but it made a world of difference in their family’s peace of mind and in their ability to see progress towards their financial goals.

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