Budget vs actual narrative

Output when you are done: plain-English budget story

Story from your numbers.

When to use this

Workflow: finance light
Operators who already produce this artifact by hand
You will use the same structure more than once.

Skip if: People who have not decided what good looks like

Properties

| Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Workflow | finance light | | Finished artifact | plain-English budget story | | Reuse | Same headings every cycle; swap facts only |

Body (copy and fill)

# Budget vs actual narrative

Purpose: plain-English budget story

## Context
- Audience:
- Time window:
- Source of truth:

## What happened - - 

## What matters (judgment) - ## Next steps (owner · date)
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## Open questions
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Prompt to fill it faster

Fill this template for my finance light update.
Finished artifact should be: plain-English budget story
Use only the notes I paste. Mark unknowns with [CHECK].
Keep plain English. No fake metrics. No fluff.

Done looks like

The artifact is ready to send or save: plain-English budget story
Owners and dates are filled or marked [CHECK]
You are not rewriting the structure next time

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