Mortgage
Monthly payments small
Blessed relief, greater savings
Contentment and peace of mind
Affordable

#mortgage #savings #budgeting #homeownership #cinquain #poetry

http://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/glad-paying-just-month-mortgage-2023-9

Public #school systems have largely abandoned #Home #Economics — in which #budgeting, #shopping, #cooking, and other essential life skills were taught. This has affected not only #finances of #graduates, but also their #nutrition. Welcome to ~Two Minutes of Reality~ Nutrition: A #Calorie Is Always a Calorie

Links in bio!

https://youtu.be/GCwGzGnyyk0?feature=shared

New fiscal dashboard proposed by NPI and Senator Kuderer goes live for Washingtonians

Prepared by the Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program (LEAP) and the Office of Financial Management (OFM), the Budgeting for Washington's Future fiscal dashboard provides useful, truthful, and accurate information about state revenue and expenditures, as required by the legislation we created to get rid of Tim Eyman's push polls.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/08/new-fiscal-dashboard-proposed-by-npi-and-senator-kuderer-goes-live-for-washingtonians.html

#Budgeting #FiscalResponsibility

Does anyone else’s phone start to overheat when they are using Intuit’s Mint #budgeting app on #iOS ?

"RelativeTargets" became an open source social technology in 2021. It is based on 20+ years of #BeyondBudgeting & #BetaCodex research, and on pioneering cases such as Handelsbanken, Toyota, dm & Buurtzorg.
Watch the intro session on #RelativeTargets with
@nielspflaeging here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwJ6CYIi7aQ

#transformation #mbo #ork #okrs #nookrs #targets #performance #performancemanagement #targetsetting #notargetsetting #noplanning #planning #budgeting #incentives #newwork #transformation #agile #lean #scrum #teal

I finally made this month’s #budget today. It’s great. Now I know exactly by what amount I’m short.

#budgeting #money

Envie’s Going Digital with the Envelope Challenge: Leveraging Technology for Modern Budgeting - As millennials continue to age, concepts like “adulting” become more nuanced, espe... - https://readwrite.com/leveraging-technology-for-budgeting/ #technology #readwrite #budgeting #finance

Shift to Strategic Re-Investment of IT Budgets https://buff.ly/3O7S7qo - #DigitalGrowth2023 #budgeting #leadership #trends - "More senior executives are realigning their IT budgets to focus on growth initiatives, and Generative AI investment."

U.S. Senate passes its version of the 2024 NDAA, with PNW Democrats split yea and nay

The bill, which passed 86-11, would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/07/u-s-senate-passes-its-version-of-the-2024-ndaa-with-pnw-democrats-split-yea-and-nay.html

#Budgeting #EffectiveProcurement #FiscalResponsibility #StrongCommonwealth

My wife and I have been wanting to start #mealplanning in earnest, so in the spirit of #selfhosting I have spun up our own instance of KitchenOwl: https://github.com/tombursch/kitchenowl

Very excited to see how much this can help us curb our eating out habit. #cooking #budgeting #nutrition

Putting a right wing poll of Washington State under the microscope: An evaluation of Echelon/Future42’s spring 2023 survey

This detailed analysis examines the flaws of a statewide public opinion research survey released by a right wing group in Washington State in late June of 2023.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/07/putting-a-right-wing-poll-of-washington-state-under-the-microscope-an-evaluation-of-echelon-future42s-spring-2023-survey.html

#Budgeting #FiscalResponsibility #PollWatch #StrongCommonwealth

The Theories of Micro Investing / Saving https://amzn.to/2GrAu4O

Discover how you can invest money on a regular basis, in small increments, and reach your financial goals. 99¢ & #READ #FREE on #KindleUnlimited #KINDLE #BOOK on Amazon #amreading #money #ebook #budgeting

Ready to get rid of #budgeting and annual planning?
Ready to get rid of fixed #targets, target negotiations and coercion?
Ready to get rid of obnoxious #performancemanagement systems?
Ready to get rid of nonsensical #reporting?
Ready to get rid of #incentives and bonus systems?
Ready to relinquish trampling on people's #motivation?
Ready to drive out desperation, learned helplessness and fear?

Then #RelativeTargets is for you. Best of all: It works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwJ6CYIi7aQ
#betacodex #noplanning #newpay #performance #agile #lean #scrum #teal #okrs #nookrs #nombo #noincentives #workthesystem #beyondbudgeting #agiletransformation

Ready to relinquish the illusion of control, bonus systems, target negotiations, performance appraisal, budgeting, fixed allocations and other obnoxious performance management tools, fads and practices?

Then #RelativeTargets is for you.
Best of all: It works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwJ6CYIi7aQ

#performancemanagement #performance #betacodex #beyondbudgeting #lean #agile #scrum #okr #orks #nookrs #strategy #strategicplanning #planning #budgeting #noplanning #systemsthinking #newpay #newwork #futureofleadership #cellstructuredesign

U.S. Senate sends bill to raise debt ceiling, satisfy Republican ransom demands to Biden

The so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act received yea votes from almost two-thirds of the Senate, passing 63-36. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey, and John Fetterman voted no, along with independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and seventeen Republican senators.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/06/u-s-senate-sends-bill-to-raise-debt-ceiling-satisfy-republican-ransom-demands-to-biden.html

#Budgeting #FiscalResponsibility #StrongCommonwealth

U.S. House votes to raise debt ceiling, impose Republican-demanded austerity measures

By a vote of 314-117, the House adopted the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which "increases the federal debt limit, establishes new discretionary spending limits, rescinds unobligated funds, and expands work requirements for federal programs," as summarized by Congress' official legislative website.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/05/u-s-house-votes-to-raise-debt-ceiling-impose-republican-demanded-austerity-measures.html

#Budgeting #FiscalResponsibility #StrongCommonwealth

"With the cold weather comes plenty of potatoes, lots of leeks and some highly sought-after brassicas." #Australia #food #groceries #SeasonalFood #seasonal #value #budgeting #fruit #vegetables #winter

Pumpkin prices squashed, ‘kale balls’ roll up: Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for June | Australian food and drink | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jun/01/pumpkin-prices-squashed-kale-balls-roll-up-australias-best-value-fruit-and-veg-for-june

Biden, McCarthy say they’ve reached a deal to respond to Republicans’ ransom demands

The White House announced late Saturday night that it has reached a deal with Kevin McCarthy and his deputies in the United States House of Representatives to avert a fiscal crisis that Republicans have been enthusiastically prepared to manufacture by refusing to provide the votes needed to raise the debt ceiling.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/05/biden-mccarthy-say-theyve-reached-a-deal-to-respond-to-republicans-ransom-demands.html

#Budgeting #FiscalResponsibility #StrongCommonwealth

Canadians are on a worrisome path. Excessive debt is a form of slavery/feudalism. Insofar as one no longer has many options available for freedom of choice in employment, housing or education. Think about it the next time you are encouraged to borrow money! #debt #credit #budgeting

Someone asked for the 'unwritten rules' #poor people live by and the answers are revealing
https://www.upworthy.com/unwritten-rules-poor-people-follow
#poverty #budgeting #struggle