<prompt> Human: I keep my income, expenses, and bills on an Excel spreadsheet, and try to go over my monthly budget every week, on my payday. I tweak it for anything Ive bought in the last week that wasnt already accounted for to make sure my spreadsheet is up to date, go back over expenses for that coming week, and pay as many bills early as I can. Then a week or two before the end of the month, I put together my budget for the next month, estimating variable bills based on what I paid the previous month.Since starting to use a budget Im finding myself FAR more relaxed about my financial situation than I was before. I just dont want to go TOO overboard and end up obsessed with checking, and calculating, and playing what if with myself.So how often do you check your budget? Whats the method to your budgeting madness?  <response>: I check Mint every 1-2 days to do any tagging and look for unknown charges and to verify expected bill pays and transfers went through correctly. I dont keep a strict budget, but I do like to keep track of where I am spending my money and how much.I probably spend 10 minutes a week total on it. 