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1. Take note of your monthly income and multiply it by 12 to estimate your annual income. If you’re paid weekly, multiply it by 52.
2. Brainstorm and be creative to figure out all of your potential fixed weekly expenses and then multiply them by 52. Estimate then your fixed monthly expenses and then multiply them by 12.
3. Add the weekly and monthly fixed expenses to obtain the total amount. This amount is your more or less will be your annual fixed expenses. If your expenses exceed your income, now is the time to think of any costs that you should cut off. This will prevent you from having any debt just to pay off your expenses.
4. Take note then of your annual expenses. This may include tax payment, mortgage payment, renewal of licenses and permits, and other various expenses that you acquire yearly. Add the total of these expenses if you know their amount. Review these expenses costs just in case if there is an update to the costs.
5. Another thing to take note of is to foresee any disasters that may potentially happen that will hurt your budget. Some of these examples are auto, home, or appliance repairs, utility costs,  health insurance costs. Estimate the expenses of each of these situations and add them. The total amount must be the basis for your emergency fund.
6. The last thing to take note of is special occasions that will dent your budget. Events such as birthdays, weddings, holidays, vacations, etc. occur yearly and you should set aside money to afford those fun events. The last thing you want to do is to cancel celebrating these events because you squandered your money. Estimate the total amount of the costs you might have.
7. Add all the expenditures mentioned above to get the total. Your goal should be that your annual expenses are lower than your annual income.
8. If you want to create a weekly or monthly budget planner, simply divide your annual budget by 12 to get your monthly budget and divide by 52 to obtain your weekly budget.

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Once you’re done creating your budget plan, make sure to use it as your guide on how to budget for your monthly or weekly spending by tracking your progress and your spending habits. This will help you improve on how you handle your finances and be wiser on spending it on things that matter. You can even fulfill your financial goals if you’re determined enough to follow your budget planner every day. To help you get started to create your budget calendar, download our free sample templates above to use as your reference!