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June 23, 2025 19 mins

Have you thought about a budget routine and wondered whether it would be helpful or more stressful?

In our first years of marriage, my husband and I had been introduced to budgeting and had several people in our lives following Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps program to get out of debt. I always rejected the idea thinking that we didn’t have enough money to budget, it would be too restrictive, and it would cause more stress trying to keep it organized. And my husband felt the same way. We avoided it until our finances had become so stressful that my husband came to me one day, after years and years of struggling, and said, “I think we need to try it.” And for some reason, all my worries went away and I agreed to try.

We started budgeting in March 2018, very much in debt, but ready to dig ourselves out and try to grab hold of that financial freedom we were hearing about. We have learned a lot in the last seven years of budgeting and I want to share four reasons why I would recommend that everyone has a budget routine.

Let's get to it!
Renae

Resources to get started:
Episode 07 | The First Step in Your BUDGET ROUTINE to Stop the Money Stress! Building Your Base Budget
Episode 16 | You Created Your Base Budget...Now Let's Talk About What To DO With It!
The Foundations Course https://renaematt.com/course  

My website is officially LIVE! It’s where you’ll find all the things I talk about here on the podcast — plus, I’ve officially opened the waitlist for my upcoming course! If you’ve been wanting extra support to finally get the five foundational routines working for real life, you’ll definitely want to be on it!

Head to renaematt.com, take a look around, pop your name on that waitlist — I can't wait for you to see it!



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RESOURCE LINKS:

> Check out our website for resources and how to work with Renae: renaematt.com

> Send an AUDIO REVIEW or ASK A QUESTION: speakpipe.com/theroutineadvantagepodcast

> A.U.D.I.T. Your Habits: AuditYourHabits.com

> YOUR ORGANIZED LIFE BLUEPRINT: YourOrganizedLifeBlueprint.com

> BOOK a coaching session: renaematt.com/coaching

> JOIN the community: theroutineadvantagecommunity.com

> Grab Renae's favorite PAPER PLANNER (use code RENAE15 for 15% OFF!): https://www.horacioprinting.com/?aff=114

Thanks for being here!
- Renae & Team
theroutineadvantagepodcast@gmail.com

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