Goats, see?

I recently read this article on living well for $11,000 a year. Most of you guys already read Glenn's blog, To Simplify.

There's a budding discussion about the plausibility of living on less than $1000 a month over here;  what do you guys think?  Do you mind saying what you spend to live?  I know, your mom told you never to talk about money, but money is a big part of why people think they can't live this life.

We're very bad at budgeting and accounting.  I don't mean that we're unskilled,  I mean that we don't do it. Do you?  If Annie says Do you want to go out to eat tonight?  I count the singles in my pocket and say 'yes' or 'no.'  How are you at budgeting?  Do you even bother?  Can I borrow $20?