How is Spending on Purpose different from a regular budget?
Unlike the thrust of a ‘dollar defined’ budget, Spending On Purpose is about the lifestyle you want (the future), not the money you spent (the past). This means that it’s not focused on being over or under your budget (dollars). It’s a lifestyle planning strategy for effectively allocating your income among motivationally driven ‘spending categories’. These new expense categories are selected and evaluated for their optimal contribution to your immediate pleasure, lasting happiness, and your dreams. This makes them very different from the typical budget categories (food, transportation, health care, etc.) which are used primarily to control household expenses. Finally, there are no arbitrary benchmarks for how much you spend on specific things… no fixed percentages for saving or food or anything. What you spend is guided by other more relevant factors.
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