Give Every Dollar A Job 💰 | Clever Girl Finance

Give every single dollar you're bringing a job, even if it's just a single dollar, $5. So, let's say you manage to find 25 extra dollars this week. Don't just let it do whatever. Give every single one of those $25 a job to do. It could be, for example, you put $10 of that $25 to groceries. You put $5 to your emergency fund. And then you put $10 towards paying down a bill. So, basically, you've given that $25 a job to do for you. It is a small amount, but you're being intentional about where that money goes. Groceries, savings, and then paying a bill. Versus you just saying, "Oh my god, it's only $25. You know what? Let it do whatever. Let's buy some pizza. " And then it just disappears. Intention is so key. Giving every dollar a job for you when you're in this space where you have little to no money is so important and it adds up. That's $5 more than you had in your emergency savings yesterday. That's $10 more that you can put towards food for your household than you had yesterday. It does add up. And the whole idea of doing this is you will start to build that habit of consistency when you get money coming, whether it's sporadic, whether it's recurring, whenever you have that money coming, no matter how small it is, you will be consistent about giving every dollar a job to do. And this is where your budget starts to showcase itself.