Make a budget and stick to it.

Meaning: This is a good way to save money because it will help you track your spending and make sure that you are not spending more money than you have.

Choice of Words: Budget is a plan for how you are going to spend your money. Stick means to hold firmly to something or to continue doing something. To is a preposition that indicates direction or purpose. It refers to the budget. When you put them together, it means to create a plan for how you are going to spend your money and to follow that plan.

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Create a spending plan and follow it.

Meaning: This means to create a plan for how you will spend your money and then follow that plan. It's like saying, Make a plan for how you will spend your money and then don't spend it any other way.

Choice of Words: Create is a verb that means to make or start something. Spending plan is a plan for how you will spend your money. Follow means to do what a plan or rule says. When you put them together, "Create a spending plan and follow it" means to make a plan for how you will spend your money and then follow that plan.

Plan your spending and stick to the plan.

Meaning: This means to create a plan for how you will spend your money and then follow that plan. It's like saying, Think about how you will spend your money in the future and then don't spend it any other way.

Choice of Words: Plan is a verb that means to think about what you will do in the future. Spending is the act of using money to buy things. Stick to means to follow a plan or rule. When you put them together, "Plan your spending and stick to the plan" means to think about how you will spend your money in the future and then follow that plan.

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