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Stop Guessing Where Your Money Goes

You know that feeling when your bank account looks smaller than expected? When rent, groceries, and coffee somehow vanished your entire paycheck? Yeah, we've been there too. And honestly, most budgeting advice feels like homework from someone who's never struggled with a surprise car repair.

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Financial planning workspace with budgeting materials
Budget categories being organized and tracked

How Budget Categories Actually Work

Most people think budgeting means restricting every dollar. But here's what actually happens when you categorize spending properly: you find money you didn't know you had.

Take Lachlan from Parramatta. He was spending about $180 weekly on "stuff" without really tracking it. When he started categorizing, he found $65 going to subscription services he'd forgotten about. Another $40 on food delivery when he already bought groceries. Not because he was careless, just because he never looked at the patterns.

Our programs teach you how to build categories that match your actual life. Not some textbook version of what expenses should look like. Starting September 2025, we're running small group sessions where you'll work through your real transactions with guidance from people who get it.

What You'll Learn to Handle

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Variable Income

Freelance work, casual shifts, or commission-based pay creates budgeting chaos. You'll learn to smooth out irregular income so you're not scrambling when the lean weeks hit.

Unexpected Expenses

Car breaks down. Phone dies. Dental emergency. These aren't budget failures, they're life. We'll show you how to absorb them without derailing everything else.

Real Tracking Systems

Forget complicated spreadsheets you'll abandon in three days. You'll build a tracking method that takes five minutes weekly and actually gives you useful information.

Portrait of Finlay Beaumont

I thought I needed to earn more to fix my money problems. Turns out I just needed to see where it was actually going. After the autumn 2025 workshop, I found an extra $320 monthly just by reorganizing my spending categories. Same income, totally different results.

Finlay Beaumont

Completed February 2025 Program