[ENG-ESP] LOH #169 Strategies for balancing my Budget |Estrategias para equilibrar mi presupuesto

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In English

Greetings, dear ladies of the hive, with the edition you bring us each week, where you invite us to reflect with the important topics, such as the one from the esteemed @kerrislravenhill, allow me to chime in:

Every January I work on my household budget and my recent stroll through a major shopping mall reminds me how our financial goals can be undermined by the temptation to spend. What are your strategies and tactics for staying on track?

In my country the cost of living is very high, which makes it difficult for many of us to maintain a good standard of living.
There is a large part of the population such as those who have left and those who continue to make the decision to go and live in other countries, with all the enormous challenge of working to achieve goals and dreams and adapting to other cultures.

I particularly believe that the main thing is to situate ourselves in our real economic situation, previously I did not have a plan for it, but with the drastic change due to the economic crisis and that led me to use credit cards at that time, I came to have a debt almost impossible to pay. Then they made the monetary reconversion in the country and that debt was practically paid off.

However, this whole situation led me to always think about budgeting our income and expenses, so that our expenses never exceed our income.

Among the things I have been doing together with my daughter is to avoid eating out, I have been cooking more, I like cooking and some of my recipes have been published on Hive.

En Español

Saludos, apreciadas damas de la colmena, con la edición que nos traen cada semana, donde nos invitan a reflexionar con los importantes temas, como el de la estimada @kerrislravenhill, me permito participar:

Cada año de enero trabajo en el presupuesto de mi hogar y mi reciente paseo por un importante centro comercial me recuerda cómo nuestras metas financieras pueden verse socavadas por la tentación de gastar. ¡Cuáles son sus estrategias y tácticas para mantener el rumbo?

En mi país el costo de la vida es muy alto, lo cual nos dificulta a muchos mantener un buen nivel de vida.
Existe una gran parte de la población como los que se han ido y los que continúan tomando la decisión de irse a vivir a otros países, con todo el enorme desafío de trabajar para cumplir metas y sueños y adaptarse a otras culturas.

Particularmente creo que lo principal es ubicarnos en nuestra situación económica real, anteriormente no tenía un plan para ello, pero con el cambio drástico debido a la crisis económica y que me llevó a usar en ese tiempo las tarjetas de crédito, llegué a tener una deuda casi imposible de pagar. Luego hicieron la reconversión monetaria en el país y esa deuda quedó prácticamente saldada.

Sin embrago, toda ésta situación me llevó a pensar siempre en hacer un presupuesto de ingresos y gastos, de tal forma que nuestros gastos nunca sean mayores a nuestros ingresos.
Entre las cosas que he estado haciendo junto con mi hija es evitar comer fuera, he estado cocinando más, me gusta la cocina y algunas de mis recetas las he publicado en Hive.

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We have also controlled our daily spending on sweets, my daughter and I love them, but we have also saved a lot of our money for the month on these snacks which are also fattening.

We buy clothes and garments that we can wear on different occasions and combine them in different ways. I avoid using credit cards as much as possible, the idea is not to increase expenses.

With the increase in the cost of condominium services, internet, cellular and landline telephony, cable TV, last year only allowed us to save some money, the good thing was that when my PC and later my mobile phone were damaged, I was able to take from there to pay for the repair costs.

I hope this year, with what we can save, to make some repairs to my house.
We have filled ourselves with patience and willpower to avoid becoming unmotivated, and not filling ourselves with worry goes hand in hand with our health.

También hemos controlado el gasto diario en chucherías, a mi hija y a mí nos encantan, pero también nos hemos ahorrado gran parte de nuestro dinero en el mes en éstos aperitivos que además nos engorda.

Compramos ropa y prendas que podemos usar en diferentes ocasiones y combinarlas de diferentes formas. Evito usar las tarjetas de crédito en lo posible, la idea es no incrementar los gastos.

Con el incremento de los gastos en los servicios de condominio, internet, telefonía celular y fija, televisión por cable, sólo nos permitió el pasado año ahorrar algo de dinero, lo bueno fue que cuando se me dañó la PC y después el celular, pude tomar de allí para solventar esos gastos de reparación.

Espero este año con lo que podamos ahorrar, hacer unos arreglos a mi casa.
Nos hemos llenado de paciencia y de fuerza de voluntad para evitar desmotivarnos, el no llenarnos de preocupación va de la mano con nuestra salud.

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Charitable donations are a normal part of my budget. They are not always cash donations, but can also be other resources such as your time and talent. Name your favourite charity ¡ and what makes it special to you?

Making donations speaks a lot about the human quality of people, although it is not always about money, but in reality what I have been able to help is by sending food items every month to the staff who provide the urban cleaning service in the residence where I live, their work is limited to collecting the rubbish in front of the urbanisation, however they make the exception of entering the walking areas to do maintenance.

They ask for this collaboration to provide the service of pruning and cleaning the garden every three months, most of these people are mothers and fathers of large families and I think that if for my household, made up of my daughter and myself, the situation is difficult for us, I can imagine for them, for those who have small children, we also give them clothes in good condition that we no longer use, at the end of each year.

I ask God in these difficult times to help us to heal our economy, the well-being of having a healthy economy will be reflected in a better quality of life for each one of us and for each family.

Las donaciones caritativas son una parte normal de mi presupuesto. No siempre se trata de donaciones en efectivo, pero también pueden ser otros recursos como su tiempo y talento. Nombra tu organización benéfica favorita ¡ y qué la hace especial para ti?

El hacer donaciones habla mucho de la calidad humana de las personas, aunque no siempre se trata de dinero, pero en realidad lo que he podido ayudar es enviando rubros de alimentos cada mes al personal que presta el servicio de aseo urbano en la residencia donde vivo, su trabajo se limita a recoger la basura frente a la urbanización, sin embargo hacen la excepción de entrar a las áreas de caminaría para hacerles mantenimiento.

Ellos piden esa colaboración para prestar el servicio de poda y limpieza del jardín cada tres meses, la mayoría de esas personas son madres y padres de familia numerosas y pienso que si para mi hogar conformado por mi hija y mi persona, se nos hace difícil la situación, me imagino para ellos, para los que tienen niños pequeños, también les damos ropa en buen estado que ya no usamos, al final de cada año.
Pido a Dios que en estos tiempos difíciles nos ayude a sanar nuestra economía, el bienestar de tener una economía sana se va a reflejar en una mejor calidad de vida tanto para cada uno de nosotros como para cada familia.

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Cutting off what you spend on sweets which are fattening helped increase your savings and also keep you healthy. Choosing to cook our own meals not only helps us save but also provides us with healthy food.

I love these strategies, @cautiva-30. And I must commend your support for those Staff that provide cleaning services in your community. Well done!

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What a lovely post. Balancing is a tough act these days. Cutting out sweets is probably better for your health anyway. I'm equally guilty of liking them tho. Credit card can get out of hand fast, it's a good strategy to use them least as possible. You have goals in mind and seem to have the drive to accomplish them. thank you for posting your story! xox

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Greetings @ladyrainbow certainly, it's all about making some efforts for the times of austerity. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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You are going about it the correct way, @cautiva-30 ! After all, it is what you can control- you're spending!
Kudos to you!
!LADY

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Yes, it boils down to spending less than what you earn. I have more clothes than I need, time for me to give it away to a donation house or shelter. Getting rid of the land line when you already have a smart phone. Having a Budget does make us scrutinize what we needlessly waste our cash on. Inflation this year will make choices tougher.
Thanks for sharing @cautiva-30

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Thank you @kerrislravenhill for your touching comment, certainly making some efforts help a lot, let's hope the economy can improve and also those aids.

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