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GR Managing your money

Dealing with money can be pretty stressful, there's bills to pay, groceries to buy, maybe you're even looking at moving out of home, trying to budget and make sure you're using your money wisely is a tough task.

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There me are a few ways we can get caught out with our money like loans and getting behind on different repayments, or maybe you still live at home and work for some pocket money, either way it's important we know how to manage our money so that we know exactly what we're spending it on and don't get ourselves into too much strife. If you budget correctly you should be able to avoid the 7 day two minute noodle diet, I mean they're pretty good but not that  good. 

 

On Monday 14th we'll be having a Getting Real on this very important topic, join us live 8pm AEDT or jump on and say " hi" now!

 

 

 

 

j95
j95Posted 11-11-2016 10:12 AM

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j95
j95Posted 14-11-2016 09:54 PM
@Ben-RO yeah it can help, I agree but I just mean just because somebody night have a lot of money doesn't mean they're happy. Not having money obviously can create feelings of stress, anxiety and sadness but having lots doesn't make everything better all the time either
 
j95
j95Posted 14-11-2016 08:59 PM
Hey ya'll
 
 
Ben-RO
Ben-ROPosted 14-11-2016 09:04 PM
Hey @j95!!!
 
 
 
loves netball
loves netballPosted 14-11-2016 09:06 PM

If there is no cash left in my wallet, then I know I spent to much. I try to avoid shopping unless it's food.

 
 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 14-11-2016 09:10 PM
@loves netball I use a similar strategy. I only use cash (mainly because I hate using my card) I avoid shopping by not going out anywhere 😛

I usually set myself personal rules like, no cash-no purchase (although I broke that rule today, don't tell anyone :P) and then every now and again I'll take money out so I have cash. But I definitely put more money into savings then I spend.
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 14-11-2016 08:59 PM
Hey @j95! 😄
 
SmileMonkey
SmileMonkeyPosted 14-11-2016 08:26 PM
What are some of the things that make managing money tricky?
Balancing wants vs needs. Sometimes a sale is too hard to resist and you ends up with less money for food that week.
 
SmileMonkey
SmileMonkeyPosted 14-11-2016 08:23 PM
Love all these amazing strategies for managing money! I personally am only okay at managing my money. I make sure the bills are paid but I love food too much and am always buying takeaway or the ingredients for some crazy dish.
 
Alison5
Alison5Posted 14-11-2016 08:02 PM
Hello everyone!
 
It can be hard to create a budget and keep track of our money. Tonight we will be talking about be to manage our money and create a buget.
Budget
 
 
As always, if you're going through a tough time, please talk to someone on our list here. Don't worry, they're great! 
Please remember guidelines when joining this conversation.
 
And for our first question:
 
How good are you at managing your money?
 
 
j95
j95Posted 14-11-2016 09:22 PM

How good are you at managing your money?

 

I'm fairly good, I earn not all that much being an apprentice so there isn't a lot of money to throw around and waste cause I got bills and stuff, but I do like to treat myself a little more often than I should. I consider myself fairly lucky I haven't had to use credit cards or get loans yet cause nope,but thats easy to say harder to do. 

But I do find that I'm good at buying big things like holidays but refuse to pay for shipping and stupid little things like that.

 

 What are some of the things that make managing money tricky?

- Wanting to have money in case of emergencies then thinking I could be using the money on something useful rather than have it sitting there.

- Unexpected payments

- Buying random stuff for projects 

- When Kmart bring out new homewares

 

What are some of the things that help you manage your money better?

I used to refuse to look at my bank statement but now I look because it says where all my money is gone and it mostly says 

'Coles'

'IGA'

'Random cafe'

'Kmart' 

the whole way through so I use that as reminder to stop wasting my money at Kmart etc

Also, I discovered my bank has this thing online where you have a pie chart on what you spend your money on, like food & drink, petrol, utilities etc it does it all automatically. Also some of my pay goes over to a seperate account each week, I know  I can pull it out if I need its just harder to do so. 

 

andddd i cant catch up without getting further behind so thats all i'll say 

 

 
 
j95
j95Posted 14-11-2016 09:07 PM

Time for the next question!

 

How far into the future do you think about money? 

 
 
 
Alison5
Alison5Posted 14-11-2016 09:14 PM

How far into the future do you think about money?

 
Very far - too far! Every dollar I get, my intial reaction is, okay put this in the bank, there's another dollar to save up for a house. What's worse is that I have done this since I was around 9 years old!(I'm a bit stuck in my ways)
 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 14-11-2016 09:12 PM
How far into the future do you think about money?
Not at all. 😛 A couple of months ago I told myself no spending money until December. Today I did spend money, but I also needed birdseed and that can't wait another month. But really, I hardly think into the future about money. I do worry about it when I think about living out of home, but never in a realistic sense, more just guessing and ideas rather than actual numbers.
 
 
 
 
Ben-RO
Ben-ROPosted 14-11-2016 09:19 PM

How far into the future do you think about money? 

 

Pretty far these days. I've realised that money i save now is worth a LOT more than money i save later. Like... basically if I save a buck and get 5% interest on it for 10 years it'll be worth 2 bucks... that doesn't seem like much but i just made a buck for doing nothing. Now imagine if you did that with 20,000 bucks.... anyway I like the idea of putting a little bit aside that I don't really notice knowing that that bit of money that i didn't really care about will one day turn into quite a bit of money that I will care about 😛 

 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 14-11-2016 08:08 PM

Hey @Ben-RO and @Alison5! So happy I'm finally home in time to take part in this! I've just missed being able to join the past few GR's!

 

I would say I'm relatively good at managing my money. I carefully consider all my purchases/expenses, from something as small as a hot chocolate to something bigger like my car. I save as much as I can and I allocate a certain amount of what I earn as spending money for things like food/petrol, and the rest stays in my bank account, untouched.

 

I find writing down how much money I have coming in helps me keep track of it/my spending habits. 

 
 
 
letitgo
letitgoPosted 14-11-2016 08:10 PM

Having said that, thinking about money can be anxiety-inducing for me, especially in regards to supporting myself out of home, which just isn't plausibe right now. (So thankful for my parents and being able to live with them!)  

 
 
 
 
Alison5
Alison5Posted 14-11-2016 08:13 PM
Same goes for me @letitgo. I hate making decisions around money. I'm worried i'll regret it, hence why I don't spend a thing!
 
 
 
 
 
Bay52VU
Bay52VUPosted 14-11-2016 08:16 PM

Good to see you here @letitgo @N1ghtW1ng @loves netball ðŸ™‚

 

Aw man I don't have that much to spend on it @Ben-RO looks pretty sweet though 😉 😄

 

Second question time: What are some of the things that make managing money tricky?

 
 
 
 
 
Bay52VU
Bay52VUPosted 14-11-2016 08:22 PM

What are some of the things that make managing money tricky?

Trying to balance what you want to buy vs what you have to spend money on. Keeping some savings in case of emergency,

Having people invite you out to places when you haven't planned to spend money on that.

 
 
 
 
 
Alison5
Alison5Posted 14-11-2016 08:20 PM

What are some of the things that make managing money tricky?

 

When I do buy things, it always seems to be on impulse so that makes it tricky to manage it properly (but also exiting :P)

 
 
 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 14-11-2016 08:19 PM
What are some of the things that make managing money tricky?
I'd say things like debt, rent, groceries, daily living kind of things. It's hard to save up on money when you keep needing to spend it on bills.
 
 
 
 
 
Ben-RO
Ben-ROPosted 14-11-2016 08:24 PM

What are some of the things that make managing money tricky?

 

Definitely all the things like bills etc that @N1ghtW1ng mentioned. Although to be honest what i discovered the biggest drain on my money was the countless little things. Like buying lunch out every day of the week, buying a couple of coffees a day, little random things that i bought for projects and ideas and hobbies (that i probably didn't always need). 

 

Also not having a goal made it tricky, because seeing money in the account and not having any reason not  to spend it left me looking for a cool thing 😛 

 

AND I think growing up in a really poor family. Basically i don't think i really got the hang of having more money than i needed to survive a week, so i was kind of in the habit of spending it all...

 
 
 
 
 
Bay52VU
Bay52VUPosted 14-11-2016 08:28 PM
I've heard that's a pretty common thing with people living week-to-week @Ben-RO where they're used to not having money and sometimes feel like they need to spend it before it has to be spent on something else.
 
 
 
 
 
Alison5
Alison5Posted 14-11-2016 08:29 PM

And I think your point @Ben-RO leads on well to our next question:

 

What are some of the things that help you manage your money better?

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