Ditch the screen

There are many great budgeting apps. However, apps can be frustrating and boring to use, or we may just get lazy.

Sometimes a pen and paper work best because it gives you a hand in your budget. With this method, you can also change your budget when you need to include extr...

1. Don’t start late, and try to practice the free-flow brain dumping every day.
2. Write complete, unabridged notes and trust them. Ask yourself if you have included everything and prioritized the tasks in the correct order.
3. Writing on a piece of paper using a pen helps with the...

Write it down.

Putting our thoughts in writing - with actual pen and paper, not just typing - can be a powerful way to force ourselves to reckon with our feelings.

For example, let’s imagine Ben takes some time to describe his feelings on paper. He m...