<prompt> Human: I track all of my expenses manually. I have a check book app on my phone and enter every purchase I make never use cash so I know where my money is going. I set up budgets with this app also, but I also go over them. I seem to have no self control. For example, Ill set a food budget and go over it maybe half way through the month. Any tips?  <response>: If you are consistently going over certain budget items, its either an issue of self control or your budget is not realistic and needs to be adjusted. Budgets are constantly evolving things and can and should be adjusted as needed to reflect reality.I use YNAB, personally, and it makes it easy for me to shift money around between budget items if it turns out to be necessary in a given month, or adjust my budget priorities going forward.If its more a matter of self control, however, it can help to get in the habit of checking your budget before doing any spending to see how much money you have remaining in that category, rather than spending and adjusting your budgetexpense tracking to reflect your activity later and discover after the fact that you went over your budget. 