<prompt> Human: Getting a good job, paying off your debts, living cheaply, and saving as much as you can is straightforward advice, but it has always been hard for to me follow it without having something to visualize. So I started doing all of my budgeting on my own in MS excel and Im using it to help me visualize my financial decisions and plan out my strategy to retire early. Heres the total breakdown of how I have spent every dollar Ive earned over the last 6 years. By keeping my expenses super low I was able to pay off my debts pretty quickly and my credit score spiked to over 800.Another great thing about budgeting on my own is that I can plan out the future easier. Heres my projected spending into year 2030. If youre interested, heres how I gather the data to make these spreadsheets:And here is a link to my spreadsheet template if you want to start your own budget for 2017:Disclaimer: This is a cross-post from rfinancialindependence that Im bringing here based off the attention the post received on my budgetchart layout. For more discussion on the original post feel free to follow this link:edit: grammar  <response>: Saving this thread so I can never look at it again. 