**Necessary, Yours, Mine, Optional - budgeting method for spouses/families** A staple of the Budget Boot Camp course. A simple budgeting technique in which budgets categories are assigned by ownership. **Necessary** - owned by nobody, things like mortgage, electricity, internet go here **Yours** - the kinds of expenses typically managed by your spouse **Mine** - the kinds of expenses you typically manage **Optional** - anything not in the above These tie into the [[7 Bank Accounts]] approach. This is a slightly more highly categorized version of [[Flex Budgeting]], meant for couples. **** # More ## Source - [[Budget Boot Camp]] ## Related - [[Budget]] - [[7 Bank Accounts]]