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Building Your First Budget - From Paycheck to Plan

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Out of Maya's $2,600 paycheck, her first budget draft leaves $250 unassigned, and these slides send it straight to an emergency fund so income minus every assigned dollar, rent through savings, finally lands on zero.

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