What to consider before budgeting with the cash-stuffing method
BNN Bloomberg
Popularized through TikTok videos, cash stuffing has brought back the old-fashioned envelope system of budgeting: You divide up your cash into different envelopes, each dedicated to a category of spending or saving.
“I could see when I had just 20 bucks left for the week, so it was really helpful,” she says.
Popularized through TikTok videos, cash stuffing has brought back the old-fashioned envelope system of budgeting: You divide up your cash into different envelopes, each dedicated to a category of spending or saving. “It’s a tried and true method,” says Gonzalez, who also founded The First Gen Mentor, a money course where she promotes financial literacy.
If you’re considering joining the cash-stuffing movement yourself, here are some guideposts: