The objective of this written report is to help every individual to manage their own
money, to be able to identify which matters the most and to have knowledge about how
to control the income.
Introduction
Personal finance is all about meeting the personal financial goals, so it means Personal
finance is depend on your income, expenses and mostly the individual goal. In short to
meet the personal financial goal you need to fulfill those needs and those life goals you
want. That’s why personal finance education is important to make the most of your
income and savings so you can distinguish between good and bad advice and to make
the savviest decisions.
Content
The sooner you start financial planning the better, but it's never too late to create
financial goals to give yourself and your family financial security and freedom.
Devise a budget
budgeting is essential to living within your means and saving enough to meet your long-
term goals there is what we called ‘The 50/30/20 budgeting method’ which the 50% of
your net income goes towards living essentials, such as rent, utilities groceries, and
transport. 30% is allocated to lifestyle expenses and desire, such as dining out and
shopping for clothes. 20% goes towards the future: paying down debt and saving both
for retirement and for emergencies. There is also a budgeting app online for smart
phones you can use it to budget your personal finance.
Create an emergency fund
It is important to set aside money for an unexpected expense such as medical bills,
accidents, unexpected incident and sudden unemployment.
Limit debt
Don’t spend more than you earn sometimes its better to taking out a mortgage to buy a
house is a one good thing but sometimes be careful what we rent for don’t rent a high
rental fee that you can’t afford. Be practical in our lives.
We need to make money for our child studies especially when they reach college, we
need to save money for their future or for their college and studies
We need to give ourselves a break for ourselves, because all your hard works deserves
a reward or to enjoy yourself just for once but always be careful on spending your
income, always save for the best.
Summary
The personal finance education is one of the most important things to learn
because it is useful and is applicable in our daily lives. It will teach us on how to manage
properly the expenses for our daily needs for choosing the right decision on how to
spend it. Also, to plan and to invest in our future or the goals of our income like when
are we going to start planning or budgeting, when do we get our income, and when to
spend it or what are we going to buy with the use of what we “want” and “need”, and
how are we going to budget our income or allowance .
We all know that the generation of today has a highly increase of the stuffs such
as for education, transportation, and also for our personal needs and also the things
that we want for ourselves, in short, we need to lessen our expenses most specially in
the things that we want.
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