<prompt> Human: When I created my template monthly budget, I used four weeks of pay as my monthly funds available. Usually I get paid once every two weeks and put that towards next months available to budget, so this works fine for 10 months out of the year.I considered taking my 26 paychecks and averaging the total amount over 12 months, but decided that would lead to overspending on the typical month in which I only see two paychecks.So, my question for you is - how do you personally handle your three-paycheck months? Do you basically take this as a bonus check and put it towards a debt or some sort of savings goal? Or something more along the lines of what I mentioned above, where it just dissipates into your 12-month budget, allowing more consistency in your month-to-month expenditures?I realize there is probably no right way of handling this, but it just got me to thinking. Curious to know the various approaches.  <response>: Income Statement vs. Cash Flow. A budget should be an income statement, or accrued income and expenses for the period incurred. The timing of income and payments is just cash management. 