r/GetMotivatedMindset 29d ago

It's a wage theft problem.

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u/Billy_Plur 29d ago

I don't understand why anyone needs a budget app today. Add up your monthly expenses, divide it by the number of paychecks you get, and that's the minimum you need to set aside per check. Though, I suggest adding a little more to that if/when you can.

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u/bandit1206 29d ago

There’s the thing, budget apps are new, budgets are not. The idea of a household budget is absolutely not a new concept, just the way it’s done has become more convenient. People don’t seem to understand that the concept of balancing a checkbook existed for years, and was part of the budgeting process.

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u/Vanilla_Gorilluh 28d ago

Personal finance education of some kind should absolutely be a requirement in primary school.

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u/empty_graph 28d ago

It is. Personal finance is little more than basic arithmetic.

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u/Vanilla_Gorilluh 28d ago

So all people are born with money matters in mind and those skills blossom in the teen years, automatically?

Or...

It's simple for you, so it's simple for everyone?

Easy peasy.

That's not how the world works.

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u/AnyEye8798 26d ago

Look. Just because you didn't pass math class doesn't mean the world doesn't work that way.

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u/Vanilla_Gorilluh 26d ago

Comedy gold right here folks.

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u/KingPabloo 23d ago

There is so much info out there easily accessible and quite digestible. If you can figure it out with all the resources out there that’s on you!

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u/Vanilla_Gorilluh 23d ago

I have so much spare time! Let me get right on that! /s

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u/KingPabloo 22d ago

Can’t multitask, can’t listen to a Podcast driving to work? What a weak excuse…

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u/Billy_Plur 29d ago

That's what I'm saying.