Emphasis On “Steady”

Photo by: Md Zaq

On your marks, get set…

My parents hold hostage a VHS tape containing various clips of me as a child. One of those clips is my infamous presentation of “The Tortoise and The Hare,” with popsicle-stick puppets. I think it must have been for school.

We’ve all probably heard the famous moral of that story: Slow and steady wins the race.

I can’t help but think that if Aesop wrote that fable today, he’d highlight the word “steady” and then click Bold and Italicize.

Steady month-after-month budgeting does a couple of things that off-and-on budgeting can’t. It helps you make sure you’re always spending less than you earn – it can only take one awkward month to slip beyond your means. And it gives you current data to review, to help tweak each new budget – so your budgets are always better, and your money is going where you know you need it.

Keep it up, you’ll see steady progress, I promise.

PS – WithinMeans is six months old this week. Thanks for being a part of it!

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