This is just one page from the Big Finance Pack, which is chock-full of useful and fun pages to help you get your entire money life on track. Use one tracker a week for four weeks and see with new clarity where (and why) your money leaks are happening. Or continue to use every week as part of your budgeting system. The goal is to have as few double red spends as possible, and note the unplanned needs, those items might be an indicator of a sinking fund you need to start. I save red for marking the wants and unplanned spends, and green for marking the needs and planned spends. At the end of the week, tally up how much you spent in each category. Go through the Spending list and highlight each category you spent in. Write in your typical categories for your budget here, and then color code them each with a different highlighter. If you find you have a lot of U/N purchases, that might be a good indication of a Sinking Fund to start. If you’re focusing on your funding, then the chances are that you want like until perform this for free press as cheaply as possible. Use this to learn, and make changes to get your spending in line with what you truly want. Our printable expense trackers are perfect for personal use, and also great if you’re self-employed or if yours run adenine little business also want to track callable expenses. Like the Why column, please don't be too hard on yourself here. In the N/W column, write a N if the purchase was a Need (necessary), and a W if the purchase was a Want (unnecessary). You can also laminate, hole punch, and still use in your binder, but utilizing the dry erase markers so you can use it over and over without having to reprint.In the P/U column, write a P if you planned to spend this money, and write a U if this purchase was Unplanned. Again, if you prefer, you can also keep this expense tracker printable in your Home Binder, instead of laminating and using on the refrigerator. Then attach your magnets to the back of your tracker (I sometimes use a few more magnets than the instructions advise, just to make sure it's not going anywhere). I use the Fine-Tipped Expo Dry Erase ones that I get here on Amazon. The fun colors make tracking expenses a little less boring.įollow the instructions on the self-laminating sheets to laminate your printables. These are great for writing on your laminated expense tracker printable.Minimalist Black and White Table Style Monthly Expense Tracker.
Minimalist Black and White Table Style without Stripe Monthly Expense Tracker. Clean Style Black and White Expense Tracker. Free printable black and white expense tracker templates can be downloaded in PDF, PNG and jpg formats. Again, these are available here on Amazon Prime. Black and White Expense Tracker Templates.coin-style adhesive magnets (optional, but wonderful for adhering your laminated expense tracker printable to your refrigerator).I purchase these for the best price I've seen here on Amazon.Avery Self-Adhesive Laminating Sheets (9"x12").Laminating cardstock can result in air bubbles and poor overall outcome due to its thickness. While I'm normally advising cardstock for most of my printables, if you're laminating anything, it needs to be on regular printer or copier paper. Print your tracker onto regular paper.Track your monthly expenses so you know exactly how much you are spending.