{"id":46093,"date":"2025-01-10T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T04:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=46093"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T03:21:32","slug":"personal-budget-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/personal-budget-guide","title":{"rendered":"How To Start A Personal Budget In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting and maintaining a personal budget can be life-changing when done right. The only way to plan for the things you\u2019ll be spending money on, is to, well, plan for them.<\/p>\n<p>Using this method, you visualise all your money and where it is all going to, with the option to move money across categories or \u2018envelopes\u2019 should priorities change.<a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-67486 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay-300x300.png\" alt=\"Infographic titled &quot;Got Paid? Do these things first&quot; listing financial tips like 'Pay yourself first' (save at least 5%) and 'Invest for retirement'.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/26145355\/PayDay.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These days not many people will carry around actual envelopes filled with cash anymore but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveramsey.com\/blog\/envelope-system-explained\">classic envelope mantra<\/a> can still work even if you are using your debit card, credit card, electronic transfers, or even mobile payment services.<\/p>\n<p>A popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youneedabudget.com\/the-four-rules\/\">version<\/a> of \u00a0this &#8216;envelope&#8217; budgeting method has been around since 2015 and many people swear by it. According to this method, you start by giving every dollar (or ringgit in our version) a job. Once you can do that, you will be able to plan for your true expenses, adapt to unexpected changes, and\u00a0 spend less than you earn.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down here.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Give-every-ringgit-a-job\"><\/span><strong>Give every ringgit a job<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may already have some large \u2018envelopes\u2019 created in your head, like your dining out money, car instalment, etc. But what about the rest of your expenses?<\/p>\n<p>The problem with not having a budget for everything is, you won\u2019t be able to keep track of all your current and future expenses from memory alone. You might be looking at your account balance and think to yourself, \u2018Hmm, I still have RM500 left in the bank, so I have enough to buy this RM400 bag,\u2019 forgetting in the moment that you still have an unpaid RM100 phone bill, still need that haircut before going back to the office, and you still need to eat until the next paycheck.<\/p>\n<p>The first step of the envelope method is to record all the money that you have, including savings, into the system, regardless of where that money is. (Whether it\u2019s in three different banks, in the wallet, under the pillow, doesn\u2019t matter.) That way, you\u2019ll have a single source of truth, to inform your money decision-making process later.<\/p>\n<p>After that, set categories for everything (and we mean everything), and then take all the money that you have and divide them into those categories. Don\u2019t worry if your total amount of money pooled earlier includes savings which you won\u2019t be touching anytime soon \u2013 just set a category for that, too.<\/p>\n<p>The idea here is to give every ringgit a job, and never let any money sit there unallocated, because that\u2019s just a recipe for impulse purchases. Your categories may include:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1529\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1529\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Frequently<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rent\/mortgage, bills, car instalment, petrol\/public transportation, dining out, groceries, household goods, money for family members, medicine, personal care, clothing, books\/entertainment\/games, streaming services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Occasionally<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Car maintenance\/repairs, car insurance and road tax, home appliances, home repairs, software annual subscriptions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Eventually<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Emergency fund, general savings, vacation, new phone\/computer, home down payment, retirement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Generously <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gifts, donation, d\u0101na\/tithing\/zakat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Temporary<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Credit card debt, student loan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1529 from cache -->\n<p>From then on, every time you\u2019re about to make a purchase, don\u2019t look at your account balance or cash in hand \u2013 look at the category balance instead. Running low on the \u2018Dining out\u2019 category? Then maybe getting that mocha frapp\u00e9 after lunch is not a good idea.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plan-for-your-true-expenses\"><\/span><strong>Plan for your true expenses<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are generally three types of expenses when it comes to frequency: one that happens at least once a month, like food, or bills; one that\u2019s scheduled but occurs every few months\/years, like your car insurance, or that software subscriptions of yours; and one that\u2019s unscheduled\/unexpected, like accidents, or a new phone.<\/p>\n<p>The secret sauce in the envelope method, lies in the categories you\u2019ve set for the second and third types of expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Think of the times you\u2019ve scrambled to gather that RM600 for your car\u2019s insurance and road tax due at month\u2019s end? With the category in place, you\u2019ll only need to set aside RM50 monthly. And don\u2019t forget the holiday season, when you tend to spend more for travel and accommodation and gifts.<\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re still new to this, you might have some (or a lot of) debt to clear off. Remember to categorise them and allocate money there, too.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adapt-to-unexpected-changes\"><\/span><strong>Adapt to unexpected changes<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even for the third type of expenses, the unexpected ones, you\u2019d want to pre-emptively plan for them, too. Think of it as savings, except that instead of one large lump sum, you have multiple savings, each with their own purpose (retirement, new phone, car repairs, etc).<\/p>\n<p>Knock on wood, but you know your car is going to break down someday, even if it\u2019s years from now. Even if your current phone is still new, set aside RM100 into the \u2018new phone\u2019 category, and in two years\u2019 time, you will already have enough for a mid-range device.<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t feel a thing. Think of it this way \u2013 you\u2019re going to pay for all your expenses, one way (savings) or another (credit card). Why not \u2018pay\u2019 for them earlier in the budgeting system, way ahead of time, and with zero interest?<\/p>\n<p>With your categories in place, whenever you overspend a category, you could just cover it up with surplus money from another category.<\/p>\n<p>But keep in mind that with great flexibility, comes great consequence. Covering up your \u2018dining out\u2019 category with money from your \u2018new phone\u2019 category will only delay a cash purchase of that new device you fancy. It is better to just not overspend your \u2018dining out\u2019 category in the first place. And a good budgeting system lets you visualise all this in one place.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spend-less-than-you-earn\"><\/span><strong>Spend less than you earn<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019ve been hearing this advice all your life, but it is no different than saying \u2018eat healthily\u2019 or \u2018exercise more\u2019. How do you even get there? Where do you start?<\/p>\n<p>Well, once you get the hang of using this budgeting method, you will notice that you now tend to naturally spend less than you earn. Besides this overwhelmingly rewarding experience, this new habit will set you up for more financial milestones yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, you could even automate this budgeting method by putting it on a spreadsheet and sync it to your phone via a cloud storage.<\/p>\n<p>For it to work, your app should always be with you (on the smartphone), have the ability to record expenses (and set up your budget too, of course), sync to cloud or export\/transfer its data (should you switch phones) and preferably be available on, or synced to, a desktop\/laptop (for a bigger screen).<\/p>\n<p>If you think your financial situation in 2022 didn\u2019t leave much to be desired, fret not, for you are not alone in our current economic recession. Armed with this experience, perhaps the most important financial gift you can give yourself is to start a personal budgeting system in 2023 if you haven\u2019t done so.<\/p>\n<h6><em>This article has been updated on January 10, 2025.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You start by giving every ringgit a job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[257,256,218,308],"tags":[219,767,766,299],"class_list":["post-46093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budgeting","category-lifestyle","category-money-management","category-saving-tips","tag-bi","tag-lifestyle","tag-money-management","tag-savings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Make A Budget That Works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Once you get the hang of using this budgeting method, you will notice that you now tend to naturally spend less than you earn. 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