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Building Your First Budget - From Paycheck to Plan

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$250 left unassigned in Maya's first budget draft becomes her emergency fund, the fix this guide's zero-based model teaches. Extensions build a full personal budget, rescue a partly assigned $2,000 paycheck, and sort 12 to 15 expenses into needs, wants, and savings.

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