<prompt> Human: How do you guys motivate yourself to keep to budgets on small ticket items when it seems like its large ticket items which cause my budget to go over?Whenever I check how well I keep to a budget in a given month, the months where I go over, its from a large one-time expense - travel costs, car repairs, home repair, etc. Its hard worrying about going over my weekly 150 grocery budget by a few bucks or not stopping at Starbucks for a coffee on the way to work when I know Ill likely be in the red this month given some large expense I cant budget for anyways.  <response>: Self control. Just because youre in the red a little doesnt justify going into the red more. some large expense I cant budget for anyways.What kind of large expense are you talking about? All the things you mentioned should be budgeted for. You should have a car and home repair fund. You should budget for travel that you know is coming up. 