some of the places that is tough when it comes to budgeting is if you have an inconsistent income so if you do have an inconsistent income like you freelance or maybe you're all on commission I would say Budget on the lowest earning month that you can think of and say okay here's at the lowest when I'm probably going to make and then you want to list out your stuff in order it's giving saving it's your four walls and then anything else underneath you're going to prioritized because as the money comes in you want those top ones filled in first and then what doesn't get to the bottom May that month it's not there but then if you have a great month the next month maybe the money flows all the way down but you want to be able to prioritize