The budget sheet is built. Find out what needs work before the money gets tight.
Which bills need paying? What cash can you reach? What changes if the paycheck stops? Put your numbers into a workbook that is already set up, then follow the plan to decide what to tackle first.
- A budget tab for your household numbers.
- A score tab and instructions for using it.
- Steps for reviewing cash, bills, and benefits costs.
- A ninety-day preparation plan you can work through.
The workbook is built for Microsoft Excel. It has not been tested in Google Sheets or Apple Numbers.
Get the Workbook + Plan ($57)Digital download: one PDF and one Excel file. All sales are final, except where the law requires otherwise. Refund policy.
Most people do this math for the first time the night the paycheck stops.
Which bills are must-pay, which are not, and how many months the cash covers. It is easier to work that out now, at a kitchen table with time to think.
The plan gives you the sheet and the order to do it in.
Real pages from the plan, and the real rows from the workbook.
The workbook has three working tabs: Instructions, Monthly Budget, and a scorecard, plus a disclaimer tab. The score in this workbook is its own five-part check and is not the same as the free calculator on this site.
What is prepared, and what you finish.
Already prepared
- The budget tab, with every category laid out and the sums built in.
- The score tab, fed by the budget tab, with a priority list that updates from your inputs.
- Twelve sections that walk you from your starting numbers to a quarterly review.
- A section on reading a severance offer. The word-for-word scripts are in the $149 plan, not here.
What you finish
A budget filled in with your numbers and a clearer list of what to address, in the order the plan suggests.
First use
- 1Read the workbook instructions.
- 2Enter your household numbers.
- 3Review the gap and choose the first task in the plan.
Who it fits, and what it cannot do.
For anyone who wants their bills and cash on paper before a gap in pay, whether a layoff looks likely or not.
The 90-Day No-Paycheck Survival Plan
Workbook built for Microsoft Excel.
Get the Workbook + Plan ($57)Digital download. All sales are final, except where the law requires otherwise. Want a quick read first? Try the free cash check.