Of course I keep a budget.

Known expenses, billing dates, paychecks going in, purchases going out...

However, the title of this little spreadsheet file is "the fuse", (prev. cited: exhibit A, B, C, D) and the tally column, where others might throw in something prosaic like "total" or "balance", I've got a label that reads "Running Gag"

I like to keep it in perspective.