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January 12, 2018 By Hannah @ Eat, Drink and Save Money

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How to Easily Create a Personal Budget in Google Spreadsheets

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Budgeting seems overwhelming which is why it’s essential to have an easy format. With this free personal budget in Google Spreadsheets you can be a budgeting pro. Check out this easy way for you to create a personal budget in Google spreadsheets for free!

How to set up a budget for free on Google Spreadsheets

When it comes to budgeting, it can be extremely overwhelming to find a budget that works for you. There is no one budget out there that is perfect for everyone. For example,  I’m not a fan of free printable budgets because it’s tedious for me to print it out and write in it each month. I’ve always been a fan of doing my budget myself in Excel or Google spreadsheets. For years I’ve wanted to share my method with you, but I’ve never had the time to make a video or create a budget that would make sense to someone not family with Excel or Google docs.

I finally decided to man up and make one for my readers.  However, while I was researching the best way to make one, I found a free one that already has everything I ever wanted to add to a budget.

If you aren’t tech savvy or know how to use Google docs, head here to learn more. Google docs is a free service that allows you to create word docs, spreadsheets, and slideshows similar to those found in Microsoft Office. This is a fabulous way to avoid buying Office. You can’t beat free! 

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How to Easily Create a Personal Budget in Google Spreadsheets

Go to Smartsheet.com to pick the budget you want to open in Google docs. 

All of the budgets are greet, but I like the personal budget template the best.

BTW- this isn’t sponsored by Smartsheet, I stumbled upon this site and realized it is a great resource for anyone wanting to manage their money better.

Once you have your budget open, click File and make a copy.

This allows you to have a copy where you can edit and add your own information

Add it to your own files in Google Docs

Click File and Move To in order to move it to a new folder in your own Google docs.

Personalize your budget

Go through and edit the budget to your needs. Feel free to rename, add or delete categories according to what you need.

The budget will auto populate so you can see if you are over or under budget

This is why I love Excel and Google Spreadsheets. The program does the math for you! You don’t have to add in any special formulas because the creator of these free budgets did all of that legwork for you.

Keep up with your budget

The best advice I have for you is to keep up with it! Go into your spreadsheet each month and update it. Online banking makes this so much easier than ever before because you can do it all on your computer.

What is your favorite way to set up a budget? 

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  1. Rachel says

    January 16, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    I love using google sheets because you can use it anywhere and best of all it’s free! Great post and great blog! I wrote a similar post about using excel to create a budget: https://www.filledefinance.com/2017/05/01/creating-a-budget-excel/ Following!

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    • Hannah @ Eat, Drink and Save Money says

      January 23, 2018 at 8:39 pm

      Awesome! I’m going to save this and share it on my social media channels.

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While I love saving money, I also have expensive taste and a passion for the environment. I firmly believe that you can live frugally while enjoying the finer things in life such as travel and high end products. I like fine foods and quality ingredients, I also enjoy spending money on fancy local coffee and kombucha. It’s all about the experience! Join me as I balance a budget and preserve our Earth, while enjoying the finer things in life.

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