{"id":173,"date":"2009-03-12T21:52:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T05:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.budgex.net\/blog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2011-05-14T10:23:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:23:43","slug":"keeping-up-with-your-personal-budget-step-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.budgex.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/keeping-up-with-your-personal-budget-step-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping up with your Personal Budget (Step 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/blog\/outgoing\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Vr8Xl0cbUZA\/SZKHLK3bQuI\/AAAAAAAAGGo\/ZvZwtIUIOAI\/s400\/Image+%3D+Budget+Miracle+Cartoon.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Vr8Xl0cbUZA\/SZKHLK3bQuI\/AAAAAAAAGGo\/ZvZwtIUIOAI\/s400\/Image+%3D+Budget+Miracle+Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Miracle Budget Comic\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Vr8Xl0cbUZA\/SZKHLK3bQuI\/AAAAAAAAGGo\/ZvZwtIUIOAI\/s400\/Image+%3D+Budget+Miracle+Cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"Budge Comic\" width=\"350\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many people thought that it would take a miracle to get them to create a budget.\u00a0 Well you&#8217;ve performed the miracle: you <strong>finally<\/strong> summoned up the courage to make your own budget!\u00a0 If not, <a title=\"Personal Budgeting Software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.budgex.net\" target=\"_blank\">create your budget in less than 15 minutes with BudgeX<\/a> so the rest of this will have a more personal meaning to you.<\/p>\n<h3>Now What?: Keeping Track of your Expenses<\/h3>\n<p>The good news is that you&#8217;ve already done the &#8220;hard&#8221; 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