Making Ends Meet
A guide to help families get the most from their money
Making ends meet is a challenge for almost every family. One of the most important tools to help you meet that challenge is a spending and saving plan designed to fit your family.
Your plan for spending and saving is a guide for dividing your income so that it provides for your needs and as many of your wants as possible. A spending and saving plan can help you in these ways:
- live within your income,
- place your needs above your wants,
- set aside money for large planned expenses and emergencies,
- save for the things you want,
- avoid or reduce family arguments about money,
- spend more wisely,
- make your dreams come true.
This publication was adapted from materials originally developed by Mary Heisler, Margaret Nelson, and Laurie Boyce, University of Wisconsin-Extension. Adapted and distributed in Mississippi by Beverly R. Howell, Ph.D., Family Economics and Management Specialist.
