It’s such a great discipline because it forces the budgeting to happen, but also forces us to break the choke hold that budget can have on our souls. When there’s never enough or never enough leftover at the end of the month, there’s a tendency to measure yourself by what’s left that you still want, but that list is never ending. A giving line item brings the focus back the other way, to help the least is to see how much we truly have when we can afford to give a little each month