The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships: University of Oregon

Budget Like a Duck

We’ve created a simple Budget Worksheet for you to use; you’ll be able to print it off or come back next month and make a whole new budget. This will allow you to set goals for yourself and to help you cut back in certain areas, $36 in a week for frozen yogurt seems a bit much, right? That’s $144 in a month!

 

        Monthly Income         Monthly Expenses
(Including AFDC/TANF, Food Stamps, General Relief, Social Security, Unemployment, etc.)

Be realistic, things come up, plans change! If your budget for the first month left you high and dry by the third week you might want to see where you spent your money and to be more realistic with your goals. Remember that this is just a guideline, you may have other expenses that are not accounted for here.