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Reminder: Advice for New YNABers Video!
Hey, everybody! I wanted to send a reminder about this post from about a week ago: https://support.youneedabudget.com/t/801fb5 We are still looking for videos,…
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How can I budget for something I'm getting repaid for?
I'm a student with a research fund which will be paid back in the next few months--but only after I've purchased things and showed the receipts to Finances.…
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Capital One 360 user
I have been using Capital One 360 for years. I have 20 separate accounts and have been moving money from one to the other every month, such as from Pet Expenses to Visa.…
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What Is The Best Way to Transition from Monthly to Semi or Annual Payments?
Afternoon fellow YNABer's, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on how to best make a switch from making monthly payments to making either Semi or Annual payments for things like my car…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Surrender to the Habit of YNAB
Hello all, I've been using YNAB for 18 months now, and my financial adviser, whom I really couldn't even afford back then (he did it for free for me), has expressed great surprise in how my finances…
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THANK YOU FOR DEC 6th 2017 UPDATE!
🏅💯👍👏😀 Oh happy day! Creating categories on the fly has been a long time coming - so excited it is functional! Thank you. https://www.youneedabudget.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Rihannsu3 yrs ago
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When to start a new budget?
Hi all, I'm a newbie to YNAB (think: 4 days in!) and wanted to get my budget all set up for when I get paid on December 15. I put all my expenses in and then put a scheduled date for when my pay…
- Katie H
- dangerously_in_debt
- 3 yrs ago
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- nolesrule3 yrs ago
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Prepaid or debit cards for accounts?
Hey guys, I'm just now diving into YNAB and getting smarter about my money/changing my habits. I've set a budget for 3 major categories: food, entertainment and transportation.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Keeping a cash cushion
I was wondering if there is a "best practice" way to keep a cash cushion amount of money in YNAB. For my day to day life, in my checking I like to think of something like $2000 as my $0.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- jenmas3 yrs ago
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Lingering Credit Card Debt
I opened a credit card when I was in college. I'm pretty sure I didn't get a t-shirt for that deal - I was careful to compare interest rates and perks before signing up.…
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- Jen3 yrs ago
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Black Friday looming, share your budget or saving tips and tricks!
Black Friday is just around the corner, or some have already seen sales start already. Among the confusion with all the sales locally in stores, we are constantly bombarded with sales ads about…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Ruff16965 (05bd62cee897)3 yrs ago
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The Power of the Monthly Funding Goal
. New YNABber and new budgeter here. I was having a hard time meshing YNAB's budget-what-you-have approach with my old-school training of entering the full forecasted amount for each month,…
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Overspender surrounded by overspenders
I'm new to budgeting this year. I spend too much. My family spends too much. I notice that when we run out of money or if I won't tap into savings to keep the spending going everyone gets angry and…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- J. Diamond/Green Harp3 yrs ago
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Would love some tricks people use for reimbursements...
We have several trips per year that get reimbursed after the fact (usually several months later for airline tickets, several weeks for hotels). We have enough flex to use our vacation budget and…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- zita3 yrs ago
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New to YNAB
So i am very new to YNAB. Just downloaded yesterday from a recommendation from my cousin. She loves it, and we are all pretty into the dave ramsey debt snowball ideas, so strong financial goals.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Matt3 yrs ago
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Need Some Advice on Accomplishing Something
Good afternoon fellow YNABers, I am hoping that one of you might have a tip or trick to help me with something that I can not seem to get to work the way I want it too.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Ruff16965 (05bd62cee897)3 yrs ago
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Best way to start a new Budget in YNAB
I've had occasion to start new Budgets and don't think I'm doing it very efficiently. I'd appreciate ideas on how best to transition from an in-use budget to a new Budget. i.…
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