How to Budget Your Money with Brite: Practical Guide

Managing your money doesn't have to be complicated. Brite's Finance widget gives you a simple, visual way to track where your money goes and build better spending habits.

A popular budgeting framework:

- 50% Needs: Rent, groceries, utilities, transport

- 30% Wants: Entertainment, dining out, subscriptions

- 20% Savings: Emergency fund, investments, debt payments

Use Brite's expense categories to match this structure.

1. Add the Finance widget to your main screen

2. Create categories that match your spending: Food, Transport, Entertainment, Bills, etc.

3. Log every expense as it happens (or use AI: "Spent $12 on lunch")

4. At the end of the week, review your spending charts

Don't just track expenses — log income too. This shows your true financial picture. Create categories: Salary, Freelance, Side hustle, Investments.

Set up recurring entries for regular bills: rent, subscriptions, insurance. They'll be added automatically each month so you never forget.

Every Sunday, spend 10 minutes:

1. Open Finance widget → check this week's total spending

2. Compare with your budget targets

3. Identify any impulse purchases

4. Adjust next week's plan

Combine this with your Weekly Review habit for maximum impact.