13 Reasons NOT To Have A Budget
Following up on yesterdays Budget Basics post I thought it would be fun to come up with a list of reasons NOT to have a budget. I know 13 is usually considered an unlucky number, but so is not having a budget. So, here goes:
1. Creating a budget is way too much work and takes up valuable time that you could be spending playing WOW or COD.
2. You feel loved when your phone rings so you enjoy getting calls from bill collectors.
3. A budget would show you where you’re spending too much money and you really don’t want to change your spending habits.
4. You love working so much that you never want to retire anyway, so why budget and save?
5. You live in your parent’s basement and have no plans on ever moving out.
6. You don’t care how much money you spend. If your checking account is empty you simply pull out the credit card.
7. You have no financial goals so see no reason to plan your spending and savings.
8. You’ve never used a budget before and think that you’re doing just fine, even if you do have $20,000 in credit card debt. I mean everyone has credit card debt right? So what’s the big deal.
9. If you had a budget you might feel accountable to stick to it and you hate feeling accountable for anything.
10. You’ve budgeted before and no matter what you put in for the expenses for each category you’re always wrong. The expenses are never what you thought they were going to be anyway and you hate being wrong like that every month.
11. You’re a free spirit who doesn’t believe in the whole planning thing. It’s too restrictive man, just go with the flow.
12. You need to hide money from your spouse and if you created a budget he/she would know how much you really make and where it’s being spent.
13. You perform better when you’re under stress and not know where you’ll get the money to pay your bills each month gives you lots of stress.
For those of you that disagree and think you should have a budget (I hope that’s all of you) here are 25 26 reasons why you should make a budget.
Hope you all enjoyed that and if you have any other good reasons not to have a budget please leave them in the comments below.
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Craig Ford
14 Mar, 2010
Ha! I do think making a budget is a great idea. Loved the irony in this post.
MoneyInfant
14 Mar, 2010
Thanks Craig, so do I. I just wanted to put a bit of a light hearted spin on the negative connotation that creating and following a budget sometimes receives. Really glad you liked it