I feel really uncomfortable bringing this up.
Only in the last year have I managed to get out of credit card debt, and have become better at managing my money. I have been out of college for almost 5 years and still working to establish myself in my career as well, a comic artist.
However, I am still uncertain about my own skills in finances.
When I was growing up my brother and I never learned anything about managing money. This was because my were bad financial planner themselves and made many irresponsible financial decisions. Everything I learned about money, I learned on my own.
All I know that you should have a budget, and my strategy for tracking expenses has become to simply keep every single receipt for the month and put them in a box, etc. Then, at the end of the month i calculate every receipt to see if I kept to the budget.
Sometimes i forget to add it up for a month or two and then i have tons of receipts to sort through.
This method is kinda painstaking, and am wondering if its better to write it down on a more daily basis, i read that this seems like a more practical approach.
Like I said I'm a bit unsure about this, and really need some constructive feedback.
Really need some budgeting advice...Please Help
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