If I have $50 at the end of the month, what should I actually do with it?

Christie JungeA Plus Solutions Inc. · CEO | Profit First Professional

Money Answers Part 14 - Do you have any money left? #money #financialfreedom #shorts

4 May 2026 · 1 min

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Christie Junge explains what to do with leftover money at month's end. If the $50 stays in an expense category, it becomes a buffer for future costs. If it sits in your income account, it gets split across your allocations like a small raise.

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If the $50 is a surplus in a specific category, let it stay there as a buffer. If it’s in the income account, it will be split according to your allocation ratios in the next distribution, effectively acting as a small raise. Consistently having $50 left can be redirected to amplify needs, retirement, or other goals.

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If I have $50 at the end of the month, which doesn't happen often, LOL, what should I actually do with it? It depends on what you're saying in this email. If you have $50 left at the end of the month and it doesn't happen often, do you mean you have zero left or do you mean you have more than $50 left? I'm assuming you mean zero. When there's money left over after allocation, so you're following the Money Habit System, as money comes in, you categorize it accordingly and there's a surplus, let it stay in the income account. That way on the next dispersion, it'll get equally split up. It's effectively a small raise in your income. So if you're consistently having $50 left, you're reinserting an income, you can amplify your needs. I think the natural response is, oh, you have $50 left? Why don't you just throw it into a different account like retirement or something like that? Now, it's hard to understand from this question. If you have $50 left in a category, you let it ride. That's a buffer. And so just let it stay in that account for future use. But if you have $50 left on your income account, effectively, that's when we divide it up based upon the ratios.