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Reviewed by Suzanne Cowles for Readers' Favorite
Budgeting Doesn’t Have To Suck: Create Control, Love Your Budget & Have a Better Life by Jim Miller is a marvelous how-to-book for non-accountants. Organized into ten easily understood chapters, the book comes with a free downloadable budgeting Excel spreadsheet available at the author’s website. Miller takes the reader through a systematic exploration of the many details of personal finance and lays out a quick and easy plan that anyone can understand and follow. Other budgeting topics examined in-depth are: why self-control has an impact on financial resources, determining wants from needs, how to calculate net worth and what percentage of income should be spent on housing. Mixed within are Miller’s personal experience and professional accountant background. Each chapter begins with a funny quote to keep the book entertaining. Miller discusses the importance of using the now easily accessible accounting software available to keep track of a person’s financial snapshot on the go.
Within bookstores are ample stacks of the budgeting self-help guides on the market with complex mathematical formulas. Budgeting Doesn’t Have To Suck: Create Control, Love Your Budget & Have a Better Life by Jim Miller provides the perfect combination of beginner knowledge with sound advice from an expert. The book is upbeat and packed with inspiration for an honest analysis of the numbers. Many of the creative suggestions were contemporary in thought. The book’s presentation format and quality of editing were apparent throughout. This handy guide is for anyone who wants to get out of debt, for within each of us is the motivation to take control of our lives.
