Track your spending, pay yourself first and set your financial goals.
That is the advice from Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent and Pricewatch editor, Conor Pope.
Yeah, but literally how though?
It’s hard to budget in Ireland where costs are so high and wages haven’t kept up for so many of us.
For those who are comfortable with spreadsheets, budgeting is a simple case of column A and column B; charting their incomings and outgoings.
But if you struggle to budget and wonder where you are going wrong, episode one of our new podcast series Better with Money is a refreshingly spreadsheet-free zone.
This no-nonsense guide is devoid of jargon and heavy on solidarity and we won’t be trying to dissuade you from your matcha lattes or bottomless brunches.
“It’s not about living a life of misery. It’s about managing the money you have without draining the colour from your life,” says Pope.
Listen on the player above or search for Better with Money wherever you get your podcasts.
Presented by Aideen Finnegan. Produced by Declan Conlon and Aideen Finnegan.
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