The concept of budgeting is very old. Budget means to map out the incomes, expenditures and any unforeseen expenditure that you might have. Therefore when you look at the monthly incomings and outgoings, you would find that budgeting can be used as a debt relief tool, which is very beneficial. Write down the incomes, that you receive from all sources and then write all the expenditure down. In case you have expenditure more than income, then you would be going in for debt. If the reverse is true, then you have a saving. By reducing the debt, you are freeing up financial resources, which can be utilized for investments, and saving purposes.