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The Official* 2022 Debt Smackdown!
Happy New Year! Here’s hoping that 2022 isn’t “2020, too”. Either way, we’ll be paying off some debt this year! 😀 Although YNAB is not hosting the 2022 Debt Smackdown this year,…
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anyone interested in doing a challenge to get our legal/financial house in order?
Over in Journals, I brought up the idea that it might be interesting to have a challenge where we get our house in order legally and financially. And by financially, I don't mean pay off debt,…
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Summary of estate planning challenge To refresh this challenge as well as summarize things, I am writing this post. This way people can see everything but not have to wade through all the posts.…
The Official 2021 Debt Smackdown
Welcome to YNAB's 2021 Debt Smackdown! Happy New Year! 2021 is going to be a good one, I can just tell - or we can will it to happen 😉 With over 500 participants and more than $4.…
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Hey everyone! Ben B posted this adorable Debt Free Tracker in the Debt Bootcamp Facebook group, and I thought of y'all! You can divide your debt by 50 and color in a space every time you make that…
2022 Age Of Money Challenge 💵
Hello, 2022! The AoM challenge has been happening for several years, so why stop now?! 😉 RULES---- Choose a day every month that you will post your AOM to the google spreadsheet (link below).…
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Spending less on groceries
A new personal challenge I'm at a new stage of my budget with a new contract over the last two months giving me three times the income I had during lock down last year.…
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2022: The Official* Savings Challenge
Happy new year, fellow budgeters! Let's meet our goals with the 2022 YNAB Savings Challenge! Last year was another whopper, but here's something to celebrate:…
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2021 Age Of Money Challenge
Who's glad 2020 is over? I know I am, and to start off the new year great I've continued a long tradition of the AoM challenge! RULES---- Choose a day every month that you will post your AOM to the…
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Volunteers to help run the 2022 debt and savings challenges?
Hi folks! I see that there is some unhappiness about YNAB discontinuing the debt and savings challenge on this forum. I'm with ya. But, the challenges weren't historically YNAB-sponsored (AFAIK they…
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Official Debt Smackdown and Savings Challenges Update
Hey Challengers! I wanted to give you a heads up that we won’t be hosting our Official Savings and Debt Smackdown Challenges this year. We’re currently exploring how we may be able to host them in…
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2021: The Official YNAB Savings Challenge
Welcome to the official YNAB Savings Challenge of 2021! It's that time of year where we reflect back and focus forward on what's to come in 2021! I know 2020 hit a lot of us in tough ways,…
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More Money Challenge 2022
Hi everyone, Last year I got lot's of great support from everyone here on the 34 day reset! I understood from the YNAB team that the new event for the coming year will only be featured on facebook.…
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Let’s 34-Day Reset together: Fall 2021 Style!
As many of you know, the 34-Day Reset challenge is evergreen - you can start at any time! But it’s a new school year, we’re well into 2021, and the holidays are already starting to bear down on us…
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The 34 Day Reset!!
Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉 With 2020 officially in our rearview mirror (finally!), we’re kicking off 2021 with a brand new challenge for your budget! I don’t know about anyone else,…
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Why 34 days?
I'm curious where this specific number of days comes from for the 34 day reset! I thought it would be in the FAQs or basic description but I haven't found it. Thanks y'all!
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Breaking the YNAB Addiction
Hey all you awesome YNAB users... . How do you all break the YNAB addiction; rather the constant daily, nay, the 4 hour checks on your Budget and Accounts to make sure nothing changed, or if it did,…
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The Official 2020 Debt Smackdown
Welcome to the Official* 2020 Debt Smackdown! Happy new year everyone! That's right, we're back for 2020. Last year we saw about 310 of us brutally destroy about $3 million in debt. Wow. Right.…
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Hey Everyone! Since the sheet is so huge now I wanted to share a top tip to quickly find your row - if you bookmark the link somewhere in your browser,…
Split transaction between checking and cash accounts
Hello, I am trying to figure out the logic beyond a split transaction that part of the amount is paid with cash. for simplicity, if a transaction amount is $40.…
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Age of Money - Twenty-twenty!
Hey, in my variant of English it rhymes! Starting up the AoM challenge for the new year! ----RULES---- 1. Choose a day every month that you will post your AOM to the google spreadsheet (link below).…
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To quickly find your line in the spreadsheet , use ctrl+F (or command+F on a Mac) it will open a search bar and you can type in your name.
Age of Money 2021?
Is there going to be an age of money tracker for 2021?
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2020: The Official YNAB Savings Challenge
New year, new goals! Welcome to the official YNAB savings challenge of 2020! Everyone is welcome to join in on this challenge, regardless of the size of your goal or the date you get started.…
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What a fantastic year! Through a global pandemic and uncertain times, we still managed to break over $1 million in savings in 2020! Updates are still rolling into this thread,…
The Official 2019 Debt Smackdown
Welcome to the Official* 2019 Debt Smackdown! Happy new year everyone! I know a few of use have been chomping at the bit to get going with 2019's debt - so with out further ado,…
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New year, new spreadsheet. If you're working on paying down debt, join us in the 2020 Debt Smackdown !
Missing money from Feb to Mar from saving category
In Feb I had $5000 in a category called savings. I wam'ed about $2000 to pay for an unexpected expense. So the budgeted line now says -$2000 and the available line says $3000. All good.…
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YNAB's 2020 34 Day Challenge!
Happy New Year, YNABers! Tomorrow, we'll be starting a brand new 34 day challenge to kick off your new year! Whether you're brand new to budgeting or are a seasoned pro,…
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Amazon Anonymous, Anyone?
(I hope I haven't offended anyone with the cheeky post title.) But. It's true. My name is Smella and I'm an addict. My Amazon spending is way, way, way out of control.…
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Age of Money 2019
Starting up the AoM challenge for the new year! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4gVfeRXso4wIgASo7dPOGz5qY0H9tLOvSXQARPclHg/edit?usp=sharing
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