Download or read book The Minimalist Budget written by Simeon Lindstrom and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word "budget"? It's a meager little word, one that all too often comes after "tight". Maybe you think of this word as an adjective, something to describe a cheap and substandard car or hotel. "Budget" brings to mind rationing... a kind of money diet. If you're like many people, budgeting is something you do with a kind of deflated spirit: budgeting means bargain bin quality and the sad sense that what you want is going to be just out of reach. This book will try a different approach to budgeting altogether including an expanded notion of what it means to budget including understanding the term "life budget" which acknowledges your emotional, behavioral, social and even spiritual capital is more likely to lead to smarter decisions.