I asked ChatGPT to plan my budget; it made managing money less intimidating

Every month, many salaried professionals promise themselves they’ll manage their money better. They download budgeting apps, track expenses for a few days and then slowly stop opening them. The problem usually isn’t knowing where the money went, it’s figuring out what to do differently the next month.

I’ve been there too. So instead of downloading a budgeting app, I decided to try something different. I opened ChatGPT and typed a simple prompt: “Act like an expert financial planner.”

I expected a list of budgeting tips or perhaps the usual advice about saving more and spending less.