<prompt> Human: I was helping my grandma out at her house a few months back and came across a few copies of what turned out to be a short pamphlet that my great-grandfather had made to help people start personal and family budgetsLiving Within Your Income: A Personal and Family Budget Plan was a pamphlet he made to help people start budgeting. It reminded me so much of what I have seen on here, especially the advice to start right away! When I think about how much of a hassle it must have been to write out all of your expenses, with all the tools we have now we really dont have an excuse to wait.My dad always told me about my great-grandfather, who unfortunately passed away when I was one, but I hope he would be proud to see his great-grandson is also interested in budgeting and personal finance. On the last page he said please do not mimeograph the pamphlet, but he said nothing about imgur.I hope you all find this peek into the 1940s world of personal finance interesting, and as a longtime lurker, thank you to all the contributors for the great advice!edit: GrammarPunctuation  <response>: Your great gpa was Dave Ramsey before it was cool! 