Simple Budgeting Tips that Work | Ep. 637

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Marriage, Awesomemarriagepodcast, Marriagepodcast, Awesomemarriage, Marriageadvice, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianmarriage, Christianity

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Reduce money stress in your marriage by making sure your money knows where to go!

Don’t avoid talking about money with your spouse: Establishing a budget you can both stick to will certainly pay off long term. Today Dr. Kim shares several simple tricks that help him and Nancy to stress less and be intentional with their finances.

We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.

Episode highlights include:

The basic starting point for building a budget
The budget category Dr. Kim & Nancy would NEVER cut out
The power of breaking a scarcity mindset and becoming generous
Strategies to better money management
How to get started if you’ve never budgeted

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!

QUOTES

“We felt like it was always important to have a date.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“Make sure to build in your budget that you can go out somewhere each week and not have to worry about it.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“God is so generous, and that’s really what we want to emulate.” - Lindsay Few
“My lack of generosity was not the person I wanted to be.” - Lindsay Few
Continue to ask, “What are our financial goals? How do we budget to make them work?” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“If you need help, get it. If you’re going to fight about money for 50 years, that doesn’t sound fun at all. ”- Dr. Kim Kimberling
“When you tithe 10%, the 90% you have left goes a lot further than you thought the 100% would.” - Lindsay Few
“I don’t know anyone personally who would say they regret tithing.” - Lindsay Few

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Get the budget conversation started with 27 Money Questions Every Couple Needs to Ask
Learn how to avoid the 4 common budgeting mistakes couples make when in the FREE Centsei Class. Learn more here.
Marriage Multiplier is a quick and highly practical weekly email to help you invest in your marriage. CLICK HERE to learn more!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.
0:09.7	I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host Dr. Kim Kimberly.
0:17.0	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years.
0:21.8	His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship.
0:27.8	So at some point, finances are a serious source of stress for most marriages.
0:33.0	But even if things feel really tight, there are some things you can do to help the two of you get on the same page about money and start making some progress.
0:41.8	And that's why today we're sharing some of the simple strategies to help manage money well together in your marriage.
0:47.8	To help you do that, we've created a great resource called 27 money questions every couple needs to ask.
0:54.1	Make sure to check the link in today's show notes. If you want some help to just start talking about money, resource called 27 money questions every couple needs to ask.
0:56.3	Make sure to check the link in today's show notes.
0:59.6	If you want some help to just start talking about money and not fighting about it,
1:02.5	that's exactly what this resource is for.
1:05.7	Just to help you discuss questions that will help you get on the same page.
1:08.4	See the link in today's show notes to grab that resource.
1:12.6	So, Dr. Kim, will you share with us about how you and Nancy build your budget? Sure. I mean, obviously, we've got to know how much we make. And so
1:18.0	mine is pretty well set. Nancy, being in real estate, you know, her's just going to vary and does
1:22.9	vary from from year to year. But we kind of, we really try to budget pretty much on what I make and anything that she makes,
1:31.8	we do extra things with that, sometimes depending, you know, what it is and how much it is,
1:36.5	trips, or sometimes it's something for the house or something, things like that.
1:41.7	So income, taxes, you know, that's going to come around somewhere.
1:45.9	So try to set aside money for taxes.
1:48.9	And the tithe, you know, there's always this argument between more before and after taxes.
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