Though not a "love at first sight" type of experience for most, falling in love with your budget (when you do) is life changing. 

Creating a budget requires taking a hard look at your finances – the good, the bad and the ugly. That may mean facing that debt that you racked up around Christmas that still continues to plague your finances, or it may mean looking at how you might be living above your means, recurrently racking up credit card debt to satisfy your wants. Budgeting causes you to look in the mirror and see your truth, which can be intimidating. However, that dose of reality is an important step in changing the way that you manage your finances. Like a true friend, budgeting causes you to acknowledge your truth, however ugly it may be, with the goal of helping you make the changes required to improve your financial situation. 

The day that you fall in love with budgeting is the beginning of a new way of dealing with your finances. You become a new and better you.

How Life Changes for the Better When You Budget

1. You feel better about your finances – as you start telling your money where you want it go, as opposed to wondering where it went, you gain control of your finances.
2. You create a bridge between your today and the tomorrow that you want – you start prioritising the bigger things and actively work towards your financial goals.
3. You become financially free – because you are in control of your finances, you make smarter decisions about what you do with your money, are not overwhelmed by debt and build your wealth. 

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