# 75// How to add a big expense to your already-tight budget

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Published: 2025-08-26T07:00:00+00:00
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🎉Grab your free Budget School JUMPSTART. What do you do when you need to add a new expense but your budget already feels maxed out? Recently, I did just that. In this episode, I walk through the steps I took to make it work: Figuring out the true cost (monthly and yearly)Testing it in my budget and year planDeciding what categories I was—and wasn’t—willing to cutAdjusting amounts until everything fitIf you’ve ever tried to fit a new cost into your budget—whether that’s kids’ activities, a car...

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