Behind the Scenes: The YNAB Team Shares Their Very Best Budgeting Advice

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Behind the Scenes: The YNAB Team Shares Their Very Best Budgeting Advice

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Aug 23, 2021

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Today Jesse asks the team at YNAB to share their top pieces of advice for new YNAB users... besides, you know, that you need a budget. Sign up for a free 34-day trial of YNAB at www.youneedabudget.com

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Aug 23, 2021

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019 - Halftime Adjustments: Five minutes trying to convince you that adjusting your budget is not only correct, it's a best practice. by The YNAB Podcast
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Episode 001 - Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: 70% of people live paycheck to paycheck, but did you know the interesting part of that statistic that isn't often quoted? It will surprise you, and perhaps spur you on to decide that $1000 is the new $0. Rule Four, "Stop Living Paycheck to... by The YNAB Podcast
11 min listen
010 - YNAB Gets a New Site Design!: I discuss some of the whys behind our 12/2011 site redesign. by The YNAB Podcast
8 min listen
007 - Christmas, Weak Reports, the Best Report of All: A few words on Christmas, why January's so important to your Christmas spending, and weak reports. Also, a hat tip to the best report of all. by The YNAB Podcast
15 min listen
012 - An Interview with Carl Richards, Author of "The Behavior Gap": "Simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money" is the tagline of Carl's book, "The Behavior Gap". Stop doing dumb things when it comes to investing? I'll take one of those please! by The YNAB Podcast
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Episode 004 - Lavish Spending (on Purpose): Lavish spending. Your budgeting indulgence. No judgement here, as long as it's purposeful and done with total awareness. by The YNAB Podcast
17 min listen
028 - Are You a Budget Failure?: What does it mean to fail at budgeting? It, frankly, doesn't mean much of anything. by The YNAB Podcast
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014 - Success Story: From Doing Fine to Awesome: A YNAB success story interview with Brian from Portland. We wax philosophical about present you, and future you (Rules One & Two), and Brian talks about his transition from Quicken. by The YNAB Podcast
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006 - The Budget and Slow Suffocation: One of the more embarrassing moments of my teenage years taught me a great lesson about budgeting, breathing, and the crushing effects of five pounds. by The YNAB Podcast
17 min listen
013 - An Interview with Baker from ManVsDebt.com: Baker and his wife had an epiphany the night their daughter was born. With the answer to one simple question, they found freedom. This will get you thinking! by The YNAB Podcast
21 min listen
009 - Success Story: a Quicken Junkie Convert!: I interview Sheridan from Orange County, California. She's now been using YNAB for 2.5 years, and won't be going back to Quicken any time soon! by The YNAB Podcast
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061 - Friction.: When you're in a job you don't like, there's friction, because you're not spending your time doing something you love. When your money's misbehaving, there's friction. Because your money isn't doing things you love. by The YNAB Podcast
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011 - A New Year's Crash Course: Erin Lowell, YNAB's head of Education, jumps onto the program to introduce our new New Year's Crash Course. One more way to help you get this money thing done RIGHT. by The YNAB Podcast
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Episode 002 - Setting and Achieving Mini Financial Goals (Budgeting): Wait, I thought we were budgeting. What's all this talk about goals, mini-goals, and habits? Yeah, you're not budgeting. You're becoming an unbelievably effective goal setter/reacher. by The YNAB Podcast
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038 - The Most Important Number in Retirement: There's always lots of talk about your "nest egg" in retirement…and lots of sexy-sounding words when it comes to investing (ETF! Diversification!) but the most important number is the one that's never talked about. by The YNAB Podcast
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008 - 3 Tiny Habits, Big Takeaways: I relate my experience with BJ Fogg's 3 Tiny Habits program, and how that ties in so beautifully to budgeting--specifically staying on top of recording your transactions. by The YNAB Podcast
10 min listen
005 - Success Story: a Cut in Salary, and Freelancing: An interview with Brian from Massachusetts, a freelance video editor, that now feels content--even with a large drop in income. by The YNAB Podcast
16 min listen
024 - The Disaster Effect: When it rains, it pours, right? Sometimes that's our own doing (and demise). Financially speaking, of course. by The YNAB Podcast
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022 - YNAB for Your Business?: Can YNAB serve your business just as well? Well, YNAB's serving YNAB well. by The YNAB Podcast
11 min listen
017 - The Debt Snowflake: The debt snowball is tried and true, but what's the debt snowflake? It's more effective than it sounds :) by The YNAB Podcast
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030 - Trends in Finance (Look Out!): More things change, the more they stay the same. Banks want you to borrow money--badly. And there are some interesting developments in the Personal Finance Management (PFM) space to help you do just that. Here's a heads up. by The YNAB Podcast
9 min listen
034 - Success Story: Debt Free and Loving It: Bill has been using YNAB for three years, along with Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover method. They're debt free, and are working to pay down their mortgage as fast as possible. by The YNAB Podcast
11 min listen
036 - YNAB 4 is Here. But it's Not Why YNAB Works: New software is great (and YNAB 4 really is great), but the software isn't the reason YNAB works. by The YNAB Podcast
7 min listen
Episode 003 - The Power of Rule Two (Plus Rule One): Creating blissful cash flow situations by The YNAB Podcast
16 min listen
015 - Ignoring Life's Biggest Expense is Folly: Taxes are your life's single biggest expense. Cozy up with the tax code and minimize as if your financial life depended on it! by The YNAB Podcast
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021 - Your Budget Boiling Point: Your budget has a boiling point. Dial it back a few notches so you can stick to your budget for the long haul. by The YNAB Podcast
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023 - Reality and Unleashing Your Will: If you're not operating in reality, you don't know what you want. If you don't knowo what you want, you won't get it. by The YNAB Podcast
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042 - Interview with Dan Miller on Careers, Goals & Passion: I set out to have Dan talk about pursuing your passion, and it ended up turning a bit into my own personal coaching session! Dan Miller is a best-selling author, speaker, and career coach. We discuss careers, goals, passions, and more. by The YNAB Podcast
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020 - Success Story- Musicians Rock with YNAB: I talk with Mason (who created our podcast bump music) about how his finances are now rockin' with YNAB. by The YNAB Podcast
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026 - Backpacking and Rationing: When backpacking, you don't eat all of your food the first day. When you receive a paycheck, you don't spend all of your money the first day either. Also, handling a wildly variable income. by The YNAB Podcast
8 min listen

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Behind the Scenes: The YNAB Team Shares Their Very Best Budgeting Advice

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