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With Daniel Okafor

Budget in 20 Minutes a Week

A budget you can actually keep, in one short weekly check-in.

5 lessons · 32 min

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Forget tracking every coffee. Learn a simple three-bucket budget and a weekly routine that takes 20 minutes.

Lessons

  1. 1

    Budgets that fail, and why

    The three mistakes behind most abandoned budgets.

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  2. 2

    The three buckets

    Needs, wants and future: set your own split.

  3. 3

    The weekly check-in

    A step-by-step 20-minute routine.

  4. 4

    Irregular bills

    Insurance, school fees and gifts without the panic.

  5. 5

    Budgeting as a couple

    Shared, separate or hybrid: pick a system you both agree on.

What you'll be able to do

  • Split income into needs, wants and future
  • Run a 20-minute weekly money check-in
  • Plan for irregular bills before they hit

Your host

Daniel Okafor

Daniel built budgeting tools used by small businesses before teaching the same ideas to households.