Many of our clients have also helped their children by teaching similar strategies in hopes it helps to pave the way for successful money management skills during adulthood.Ĭonsider the following Bucket Budgeting System: Bucket 1 – The primary checking account We’ve found a great deal of success in helping build cash flow systems that mimic a flow of money into several different categories or buckets. Often times, cash flow management is learned from those closest to us, which can be good or bad, depending on each unique situation.Īt Birchwood Financial Partners, all of our Certified Financial Planner™ professionals use what we like to call “bucketing strategies”. Not only does it help create the framework around which money decisions should be made during one’s lifetime, but it also creates the knowledge to help one adequately plan and prepare for the future-whether that be proactively planning for a short-term goal or more commonly, planning for retirement.Ĭash flow strategies and Finance 101 classes are generally not taught in today’s middle schools, high schools or even qualified higher education institutions (unless of course one happens to be majoring in Finance or Economics). I believe creating a budget and a solid cash flow management system is one of the most important concepts that today’s population needs to understand and use. If the answer is yes to any of these questions, you could benefit from a simpler way to manage cash flow.

Does an unexpected car or home repair blow your monthly budget? Do you feel like you’re never able to save enough for a vacation? Do you worry about if you’re going to have enough for retirement but you don’t even know what you have?

Cashflow 101 system