


I'll essentially be going over basic Microsoft Excel functions and tips as this tutorial progresses, so no need to worry if you've barely opened a spreadsheet before. Even my brother has asked me to send him a template, so I thought this tutorial might come in handy for others too. I've been updating a custom Microsoft Excel (the spreadsheet program of the Microsoft suite) spreadsheet for this purpose, and one day a friend saw it and asked me to teach her how to make something similar. I like to record my monthly spending patterns to get a good feel for how much I'm spending in certain categories, whether I'm going in monthly deficits, etc.
