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Feedback on ways to stick to a budget
Hi All Earlier this week I made a conscious decision to only spend $50 per month on Amazon to cut back on unnecessary spending. I was thinking a way to achieve this would be to just add crap to the…
- Blue Cheetah
- Blue_Cheetah.14
- 2 days ago
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- WordTenoryesterday
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Categorizing Amazon purchases
I find it super cumbersome to categorize my Amazon purchases. To the point that I'm wondering whether or not YNAB is the right tool for me. I'd say 30% or more of my purchases are from Amazon and it…
- Orange Orca
- Orange_Orca.11
- 5 mths ago
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- Superbone3 days ago
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Use iPhone double tap to open YNAB
iPhone introduced a feature where you can double (or triple) tap the back of your phone to do certain functions set by you. A popular one is double tap for screenshot (I recommend using triple tap…
- MXMOM
- MXMOM
- 5 days ago
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- MXMOM4 days ago
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Socks. Can we talk about socks?
I'd like to talk about my socks. Really. It's kinda long, so get a drink and have a seat. I put away my socks without pairing them. I pick out my socks without looking at them.…
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 2 yrs ago
- 35 replies
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- Sky Blue Tugboat8 days ago
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Tricks for saving money on groceries?
I've had to get creative with this in the past little while, so I'd be curious to hear other strategies! I live in a cold climate, so local produce etc is limited during the winter months,…
- Ali H
- Navy_Blue_Flute.4
- 1 yr ago
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- Cadet Blue Sloth9 days ago
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Happy with your budget categories? Please share!
I'm curious to know how people organize their budget categories. Thinking of making some changes for 2018 and would love to see what people use (and don't use). What are your budget categories?
- Ryan Oakley
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- oakley
- 3 yrs ago
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- DelaYNAB Support11 days ago
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Any Dashboards or Templates to Analyze and Project using YNAB Exports?
I've started on a Workbook that takes the YNAB export and breaks it into various pivot tables with calculated fields, tables with actual and projected account balances, trends,…
- Slate Blue Nomad
- Slate_Blue_Nomad.11
- 2 wk ago
- 4 replies
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- ukimagic2092 wk ago
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Linked Crypto Assets
Hey guys, I built a small tool with which you can connect a crypto wallet balance to a YNAB asset account. It checks 4 times a day the balance of the wallet, and exchange rates,…
- Luke
- theluk
- 3 wk ago
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car insurance help
Hi folks, I was looking at changing car insurance a few months ago and found a really useful thread here about relevant considerations in deciding on coverage amounts,…
- Cyan Boa
- Cyan_Boa.1
- 5 mths ago
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- Sean Vangill1 mth ago
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Switching from Mvelopes!
Ok, I have been a long-time Mvelopes user - like 10+ years. I LOVED the methodology. I have tolerated the glitchiness. After being forced to 'upgrade' to Mvelopes 5,…
- Creekside Simplicity
- creeksidesimplicity
- 7 mths ago
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- Creekside Simplicity1 mth ago
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US Income Taxes-Free Income Tax Preparation Available
I didn't want to piggyback on @MXMOM 's awesome post on tax assistance, so here is the US version of tax preparation assistance available. The IRS has a program called VITA (Volunteer Income Tax…
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- Toviathan
- 1 mth ago
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Canadian taxes - Community Volunteer Income Tax Program does taxes for free
I don't see any other place to post this so here goes. If you need help filing your taxes and you have a moderate to low income, you can access one of the free clinics .…
- MXMOM
- MXMOM
- 1 mth ago
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- Navy Blue Pegasus1 mth ago
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Does anyone use YNAB with The Budget Mom?
I would love to know if there are any TBM users in here, and if so how do you combine the two? Thanks!
- Cadet Blue Drum
- Cadet_Blue_Drum
- 5 mths ago
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- nolemom1 mth ago
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Choosing Between Two Categories For A Given Transaction
First time posting, and sorry if this has been covered elsewhere. I've gone back and forth over the years between two different approaches on how to select a category for certain transactions -…
- Green Cup
- Green_Cup.15
- 1 mth ago
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- jenmas1 mth ago
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Extremely basic YNAB 4 question
I know it's unsupported as of 2019, but I would only be using it to refer to historical data. I have used it exclusively on the Mac, but now want to update to a newer MacOS that will take away my…
- Cadet Blue Wrench
- Cadet_Blue_Wrench.8
- 1 mth ago
- 12 replies
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- JoeDid1 mth ago
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Month Ahead vs Emergency Fund
Hey everyone, Looking for some advice. I'm currently trying to get a month ahead in my budget while also saving for an emergency fund. I put away about $200/month for the emergency fund and I'm…
- J Crippen
- Assistant Winemaker
- J_crippen
- 8 mths ago
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- Happily Obsessed Budgeter1 mth ago
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Budgeting for annual or one time expenses
I've been using YNAB for a few months now and it has really improved my ability to manage my money. However, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to use the software to account for one time…
- D Thomas
- dthomas929
- 2 yrs ago
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- Move Light Sound Life1 mth ago
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Account notes
Is there a note field for accounts like the one in YNAB4? I used this a lot as a way to hold additional comments on the account for example current interest rate in the classic software.
- Orange Python
- Orange_Python.6
- 1 mth ago
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- Orange Python1 mth ago
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Please sell unsupported YNAB 4 keys.
With everything that is going on in the world right now there are a lot of people who do not want all their financial information on Amazon servers. I know that developing an offline version of the…
- Blue Hail
- Blue_Hail.17
- 1 mth ago
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- Blue Hail1 mth ago
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Trying Out the YNAB Buffer
"Buffer" - Money that allows you to separate the timing of your budgetary actions from the event of your paycheck while following the YNAB method of making decisions with dollars in hand.…
- Move Light Sound Life
- move_light_sound_life
- 1 yr ago
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- Gironaso1 mth ago
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Archived Budget opening?
Did a Fresh Start on New Year's Day. Everything fine on my phone, thank goodness. But occasionally on my laptop my first budget, which is clearly marked as archived, opens instead of my new budget.…
- Laurie R
- Pink_Falafel.9
- 1 mth ago
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- Laurie R1 mth ago
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Colored Flags
What do you use the colored flags on "all accounts" for?
- Purple Orchid
- Orchid_Falafel.3
- 2 yrs ago
- 13 replies
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- Turquoise Major1 mth ago
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Wrong email
After a successful free trial, I accidentally purchased my YNAB subscription under the wrong email address! Is there anyway to capture all that budgeting work from the previous email address/account…
- OrdinaryJoe
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- OrdinaryJoe
- 9 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- Orange Wrench1 mth ago
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YNAB method mind shift
I'm not too sure what category to put this under. I'm looking for help with the YNAB method, not the 4 rules and their definitions so much. More I've been using YNAB for years,…
- Silver Robot
- Silver_Robot
- 2 mths ago
- 35 replies
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- Bruce1 mth ago
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A method of tracking reimbursements
I've been using YNAB for years and one thing that has always been a pain is tracking reimbursements from friends, roommates, work, etc. As long as everything happens in the same month simply…
- JD
- probablyjd
- 2 mths ago
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- dakinemaui2 mths ago
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