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Goals and Budget
Survival
Term | Definition |
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Budget | A plan for managing money |
Instant Gratification | Buying right away - even if you can't afford it |
Delayed Gratification | Waiting to buy something until you can afford it |
Needs | Essential to your life - health and security |
Wants | Fun/interesting but can get along without |
Values | Ideas and beliefs about what is important to you |
SMART | Acronym for creating a successful goal |
Short-term Goal | Goal set to accomplish in the near future |
Long-term Goal | Goal set to accomplish more than a year away |
Income | Money received |
Expenses | What you spend money on |
Fixed Expenses | Expenses that cost the same every month |
Variable Expenses | Expenses that fluctuate - can predict a range |
Periodic Expenses | Expenses that are occasional |
Pay Yourself Frist | Savings you pay to yourself as an expense |
Cash Flow | Money coming in as income and going out as expense |