Please enable JavaScript to continue!

YNAB Wins
All topics

Community

Announcements

About this Forum

Journals

Community Challenges

Managing Debt

YNAB Wins

Investing & Retirement

Saving

Small Business

Student Life

Parenting

Travel

Money & Relationships

Tips & Tricks

API

Q&A

App Functions

Getting Started

Method & Budgeting

Accounts & Transactions

Credit Cards

Budgeting on Mobile

Debt

Bank Importing

Help Docs

Community Guide

Follow

What did you do to improve your finances today?
This was one of my favourite threads on the old forum, and since there doesn't seem to be one here yet, I thought I'd create one :-)
- Winterlover
- Welmoed
- 1 yr ago
- 746 replies
- 20,336
- 31
- Move Light Sound Life15 hrs ago
- YNAB Wins
Debt Free....no Really!
This past week I finally got to walk into the bank and tell them that I wanted to pay off my bank loan and paid it off with available funds, but get this, I was paying it off 14 months early,…
- Maroon Hail (f19b301f4ee5)
- Maroon_Hail_f19b301f4ee
- 1 yr ago
- 6 replies
- 2,599
- 65
- MoneyPlease4 days ago
- YNAB Wins
YNAB after a year – a UK story
I’ve got five years left on the mortgage. Not badly paid. Last year I forced myself to take stock of my financial future. I had no debts (other than the mortgage) and yet every month I was juggling…
- Aquamarine Cobra
- Aquamarine_Cobra.1
- 3 mths ago
- 19 replies
- 377
- 12
- Turquoise Major2 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
$1 million in Net Worth!!!
Guys. 11 years ago I was $35K in debt. My husband and I got married, combined our finances, made many many smart financial decisions together, started using YNAB (which ended fighting about money…
- thinkfuture
- thinkfuture
- 5 mths ago
- 4 replies
- 293
- 14
- Steel Blue Boat2 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
thank you YNAB
Thanks for giving us the option to go back to the original pill colors!!
- Molly McGuire
- Lemon
- 2 wk ago
- 1 reply
- 84
- 5
- NicoleYNAB Support2 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
My YNAB journey has been a huge success
Just got on the board to sing my praises for YNAB and comment on all the new features. When I got here all I saw was several posts from dissatisfied users.…
- MsTJ
- Gray_Nomad_f6eeb59e1a1c
- 3 wk ago
- 2 replies
- 152
- 6
- Julie3 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
Cash in account and payday is today! Yes!
We started using YNAB in February. My husband gets paid (well) every two weeks. Most times we would have around $100 in the account the night before payday,…
- Julie
- sandhills_rider
- 3 wk ago
- 1 reply
- 105
- 11
- FanessYNAB Support3 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
Small win with Metro
Hubby takes the metro 5 days a week to and from work. I'm usually surprised when he has to add to his metro card because work gives him a stipend and he sometimes has to add a little at the end of…
- Stacy C
- nursepower
- 3 wk ago
- 1 reply
- 63
- 7
- FanessYNAB Support3 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
3 weeks in
I am three weeks into YNAB and for the first time ever I feel as though I have a sense of my financial situation. I have, for the past number of years,…
- Orchid Yeti
- Orchid_Yeti
- 11 mths ago
- 6 replies
- 1,526
- 8
- Orchid Yeti3 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
Anyone just open their budget to admire?
I admit it, I open my budget multiple times a week to look at the reports because I enjoy seeing our net worth go up. It doesn't feel like we're making progress when we have more categories than…
- Technicolor Cheetah
- Not sure when I became a cheetah...but I'll run with it
- technicolor_cheetah
- 1 mth ago
- 7 replies
- 148
- 8
- Alia Gee3 wk ago
- YNAB Wins
Not Sure This Counts As A Win
Having the money to have the repairs to steering wheel and ignition that the place that I took the flat to be repaired to caused. They are filing a claim and I will be reimbursed but it is a pain…
- Ruff16965 (05bd62cee897)
- Tomato_Mask_05bd62cee89
- 1 mth ago
- 3 replies
- 84
- 2
- NicoleYNAB Support1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
I built a business around YNAB, and I'm hiring.
Hi all - I wasn't sure where to post this, so I put it in YNAB Wins since I've managed to build a business around my love of YNAB. That seems like a win to me! My name is Mark,…
- Mark Butler
- budgetnerdy.1
- 4 mths ago
- 6 replies
- 423
- 4
- NicoleYNAB Support1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
Reduced stress
I am new to YNAB about 10 days or so. I definitely feel less stress already, allowing me to allocate money to take my wife out for dinner without the worry.
- Tan Sloth
- Tan_Sloth.5
- 1 mth ago
- 3 replies
- 102
- 11
- Gray Sloth1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
Procrastination
I am new and a procrastinator... I haven't done it YET
- Sky Blue Falcon
- Sky_Blue_Falcon.6
- 1 mth ago
- 10 replies
- 128
- JoeDid1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
YNAB Wins 2 Months In
Hello! I'm the 2 and a half months I've been using YNAB I have: Saved $3000 toward replacing a car Paid $700 off in credit card Debt Paid for Christmas in cash Paid for two vacations in cash…
- nordstromaddict
- Beige_Wildebeest.2
- 5 mths ago
- 6 replies
- 359
- 10
- Stacy C1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
YNAB for one week
I'm a newbie. We get paid on the first of the month and usually by the 3rd to 6th all the money is gone. I signed up for YNAB n the 6th and it is the 13th of the month and we still have money in the…
- Ana Tirolese
- Artist
- Powder_Blue_Router.3
- 1 mth ago
- 9 replies
- 185
- 7
- Rick1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
YNAB newbie
I am entering my fourth week on ynab and I just now was able to fill up all but one of my true obligations and my auto payment. It's only the second week of May so I still have a couple of weeks to…
- Slate Blue Packet
- Slate_Blue_Packet.2
- 1 mth ago
- 7 replies
- 153
- 4
- FanessYNAB Support1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
My net worth went up!
After the loss of my husband in November last year, I knew I had to be really diligent with money... especially as I didn't know how long it would have to last.…
- Cadet Blue Stallion
- Cadet_Blue_Stallion.5
- 1 mth ago
- 4 replies
- 127
- 8
- Technicolor Cheetah1 mth ago
- YNAB Wins
Win! To be Budgeted + ΣAvailable = Σ(Positive Bank Balances)
I just started using YNAB a couple of weeks ago and was extremely frustrated with YNAB because I couldn't figure out why I would budget money to a bill that I've already paid when the money was…
- Aquamarine Case
- Aquamarine_Case.5
- 2 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 94
- 1
- FanessYNAB Support2 mths ago
- YNAB Wins
Just wanted to say Thanks YNAB!
Used YNAB to manage DD1's finances while she was away at boot camp. Handed her a greeting card while we were there last week for her graduation informing her of all that I managed to do with her…
- rnjenren1
- rnjenren1
- 2 mths ago
- 7 replies
- 183
- 19
- AutumnBelle2 mths ago
- YNAB Wins
Once I was out of overdraft, YNAB finally clicked into place
Hi everyone, I'm here to encourage everybody who's in overdraft, to hang in there. I've been a YNAB user for five years and I was deep into overdraft (no credit).…
- Peter
- Professional Designer, Web Developer
- lasty
- 2 mths ago
- 5 replies
- 201
- 11
- NicoleYNAB Support2 mths ago
- YNAB Wins
Marital buy-in!
I loaded YNAB onto my husband's phone and explained how he could check the balances when he was in the store. He was dubious, joking that I was taking away all his excuses.…
- Julie
- sandhills_rider
- 2 mths ago
- 7 replies
- 201
- 16
- Julie2 mths ago
- YNAB Wins
A New Cell Phone
So my cell phone died today. Would not charge, would not even turn on plug into multiple charges and with multiple cords. After double checking that the battery was in firmly and cleaning the…
- Ruff16965 (05bd62cee897)
- Tomato_Mask_05bd62cee89
- 2 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 92
- 2
- Technicolor Cheetah2 mths ago
- YNAB Wins
60 days in, 31 days age of money!!
And zero credit card balances. Our problem has always been that we earn enough money but we would look at the checking account, see money in there and assume it was OK to spend more.…
- Louie
- YNAB Newbie
- Louie
- 2 mths ago
- 5 replies
- 158
- 9
- FanessYNAB Support2 mths ago
- YNAB Wins
1 Year of YNAB = Positive net worth
April 2018: Unemployed with student debt. Got the YNAB trial and paid down debt by $11k once I gave my dollars jobs and knew that no, I was not going to starve.…
- Blue
- Crazy poor asian
- Blue
- 3 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 237
- 12
- Julie2 mths ago
- YNAB Wins

1 2 3 4 5 8 Next

Back to top

Start Your Free YNAB Trial

Important Links

Community Guidelines

Feature Requests

Categories

View all topics

Top Contributors

Help Docs

Still have a question? Want to view the official guide on your topic?

Go to Help Docs

YNAB.

Follow YNAB to get support and lots of great ideas on budgeting

Powered by Forumbee