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  1. Question 1

    What is the 50/30/20 budgeting rule?

  2. Question 2

    What are needs in the 50/30/20 rule?

  3. Question 3

    What are wants in the 50/30/20 rule?

  4. Question 4

    What does the 20% in 50/30/20 cover?

  5. Question 5

    What is a pro of the 50/30/20 rule?

  6. Question 6

    What is a con of the 50/30/20 rule?

  7. Question 7

    What is zero-based budgeting?

  8. Question 8

    How does zero-based budgeting work?

  9. Question 9

    What is a pro of zero-based budgeting?

  10. Question 10

    What is a con of zero-based budgeting?

  11. Question 11

    What is the envelope budgeting method?

  12. Question 12

    How does the envelope method work?

  13. Question 13

    What is a pro of the envelope method?

  14. Question 14

    What is a con of the envelope method?

  15. Question 15

    What is digital envelope budgeting?

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  17. Question 16

    What is the pay yourself first method?

  18. Question 17

    How does pay yourself first work?

  19. Question 18

    What is a pro of pay yourself first?

  20. Question 19

    What is a con of pay yourself first?

  21. Question 20

    What is the 80/20 budgeting rule?

  22. Question 21

    What is a pro of the 80/20 rule?

  23. Question 22

    What is a con of the 80/20 rule?

  24. Question 23

    What is a budget?

  25. Question 24

    Why is budgeting important?

  26. Question 25

    What is income in a budget?

  27. Question 26

    What are fixed expenses?

  28. Question 27

    What are variable expenses?

  29. Question 28

    What is discretionary spending?

  30. Question 29

    What is an emergency fund?

  31. Question 30

    What is net income?

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  33. Question 31

    What is reverse budgeting?

  34. Question 32

    What is values-based budgeting?

  35. Question 33

    How does values-based budgeting work?

  36. Question 34

    What is a pro of values-based budgeting?

  37. Question 35

    What is the 60% solution budget?

  38. Question 36

    How is the 40% split in 60% solution?

  39. Question 37

    What is a no-budget budget?

  40. Question 38

    Who benefits from a no-budget budget?

  41. Question 39

    What is anti-budgeting?

  42. Question 40

    What is the first step in creating a budget?

  43. Question 41

    What is the second step in budgeting?

  44. Question 42

    How often should you review your budget?

  45. Question 43

    Should you include annual expenses in your budget?

  46. Question 44

    What if expenses exceed income in your budget?

  47. Question 45

    What if you have money left over in budget?

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  49. Question 46

    Should you budget for irregular income?

  50. Question 47

    What is lifestyle inflation?

  51. Question 48

    How can you avoid lifestyle inflation?

  52. Question 49

    What tools can help with budgeting?

  53. Question 50

    What are popular budgeting apps?

  54. Question 51

    What is a sinking fund?

  55. Question 52

    What expenses work well for sinking funds?

  56. Question 53

    How do sinking funds differ from emergency funds?

  57. Question 54

    Why track expenses?

  58. Question 55

    How long should you track before making a budget?

  59. Question 56

    What is the easiest way to track spending?

  60. Question 57

    What are common budget categories?

  61. Question 58

    Should you have many or few budget categories?

  62. Question 59

    What goes in the housing category?

  63. Question 60

    What goes in the transportation category?

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  65. Question 61

    When should you adjust your budget?

  66. Question 62

    What if you overspend in a category?

  67. Question 63

    Is it normal to adjust your budget frequently at first?

  68. Question 64

    How should debt fit into a budget?

  69. Question 65

    Should you save or pay debt first?

  70. Question 66

    What savings goals should be in a budget?

  71. Question 67

    How much should you save for emergencies?

  72. Question 68

    What if you cannot save 20%?

  73. Question 69

    What is flexible budgeting?

  74. Question 70

    How do you budget with irregular income?

  75. Question 71

    What is a common budgeting mistake?

  76. Question 72

    Why do budgets fail?

  77. Question 73

    Should you budget to zero dollars left?

  78. Question 74

    What if you forget an expense in your budget?

  79. Question 75

    What is a percentage-based budget?

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  81. Question 76

    Who created the 50/30/20 rule?

  82. Question 77

    What is budget automation?

  83. Question 78

    What should you automate in a budget?

  84. Question 79

    What are the benefits of automation?

  85. Question 80

    How do you budget if paid bi-weekly?

  86. Question 81

    What are the two extra paychecks per year for bi-weekly?

  87. Question 82

    What should you review in a budget check-in?

  88. Question 83

    How long should a monthly budget review take?

  89. Question 84

    How does meal planning help budgeting?

  90. Question 85

    What expenses are easiest to cut?

  91. Question 86

    How can you reduce fixed expenses?

  92. Question 87

    How can increasing income help your budget?

  93. Question 88

    What are ways to increase income?

  94. Question 89

    Should you use cash or credit when budgeting?

  95. Question 90

    What is the benefit of using cash for budget?

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  97. Question 91

    What is a buffer in a budget?

  98. Question 92

    How much should a buffer category be?

  99. Question 93

    Is zero-sum the same as zero-based?

  100. Question 94

    How should couples approach budgeting?

  101. Question 95

    What is the yours-mine-ours budget method?

  102. Question 96

    Should kids have budgets?

  103. Question 97

    Where does retirement fit in a budget?

  104. Question 98

    How much should you budget for retirement?

  105. Question 99

    What makes a budget successful?

  106. Question 100

    How long before budgeting becomes a habit?

  107. Question 101

    How should you budget a windfall?

  108. Question 102

    What is a windfall?

  109. Question 103

    What is a no-spend challenge?

  110. Question 104

    What is the $5 challenge?

  111. Question 105

    Why review subscriptions in your budget?

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  113. Question 106

    How often should you audit subscriptions?

  114. Question 107

    How do goals relate to budgeting?

  115. Question 108

    Should goals be part of your budget?

  116. Question 109

    How can budgets control impulse spending?

  117. Question 110

    What is the 24-hour rule?

  118. Question 111

    What percentage should housing be of budget?

  119. Question 112

    What percentage for transportation?

  120. Question 113

    What percentage for food?

  121. Question 114

    What is mental accounting in budgeting?

  122. Question 115

    Why have a budget accountability partner?

  123. Question 116

    What features do budget apps offer?

  124. Question 117

    When should you create next month's budget?

  125. Question 118

    What is the purpose of budgeting?

  126. Question 119

    Is budgeting restrictive?

  127. Question 120

    What is the best budget for beginners?

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