I’ve been teaching people to budget for years now (we went live four years ago this month) and I finally figured it out. It’s taken a while, I know. But I finally figured out what keeps people from budgeting.
I suppose I’ll just write about it tomorrow.
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TUDrewser
September 8, 2008
Beautifully written…and so true!
LJam
September 8, 2008
hey jesse,
how do you keep a turkey in suspense?
i’ll tell you later.
Jesse
September 9, 2008
Ha ha!
GiGi
September 9, 2008
LOL! I guess I’ll comment tomorrow, too.
Davy
September 10, 2008
Jesse,
Great site! The Navy is full of service members that don’t realize what a budget can do for their quality of life.
I teach an indoctrination course for new guys so I’ll be sure to pass your site on to them as “essential reading”.
Davy
Holly
September 11, 2008
OK, I’m still waiting for the answer….
Jesse
September 11, 2008
Holly, my procrastination of writing was the answer!
Holly
September 12, 2008
How dense of me! Thanks for explaining the joke .
Kat Negrete
September 16, 2008
Holly – you’re not alone! I didn’t get it either but I should have!! Funny, Jesse.
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Mechelle
November 7, 2008
I have postponed budgeting because I have too many payday loans.