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About
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I designed this template for you to use on your phone or computer. It should help you track expenses and save more money, one month at a time. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help! DM me on Twitter: @darkestevens
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If you've never set up a budget, start with the Initial Calculations sheet. This will give you an overview of your expense ratios and where you might need to cut back. Once you've established your expenses, you can set a baseline.
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The current Baseline sheet assumes a take-home pay of ~1,600 every two weeks. This sheet should be what you duplicate to start a new month.
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Get Your Own
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Click this link and Google will prompt you to sign in and add it to your Gmail account:
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P-dW7AI8PW9475mK3kb25Z5ZnD1ZWgII92SuRWDaq70/copy
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How to Use
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Sheet names contain the current month so the document will auto-open to the current month's sheet. Typically I keep 3 months/sheets visible, then right-click and hide/delete older sheets. Hiding is useful if I want to compare utilities or giving expenses year over year.
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The end of every month, highlight the entire Surplus row and right-click and Copy. In the next month's Balance Forward row, right-click and Paste Special -> Paste Values Only.
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I've included a couple sheets with sample expenses and category comments so you know how to categorize expenses
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