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Paid off the house!
I haven't posted on the forums in forever but I'm going to try and be more active from now on. My humble brag YNAB win is that we paid off the house last week!…
- Hannah
- Stay at home parent
- flamingo_25
- 2 days ago
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- nolesrule2 days ago
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Bucket List - What's on yours?
Hi all! People that (want to) work at YNAB have to submit a Bucket List of 50 items. I'm curious to learn what would be on your bucket list? :-)
- Winterlover
- Welmoed
- 3 mths ago
- 19 replies
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- Hannah2 days ago
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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
- 7 mths ago
- 367 replies
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- Hannah2 days ago
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First week...
Skipped making a food lychee saying so I really need it. Need to do that a lot more.
- Rutgers
- rutgers
- 4 days ago
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When I came to YNAB
When I came to YNAB I was good at telling myself no. No, I couldn’t afford that new piece of clothing, not now, not ever. If I need something there’s a thrift store near by.…
- TryingToGetAhead
- Gray_Nomad_f6eeb59e1a1c
- 6 days ago
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Excited about dealing with finances...for the first time *ever*
TL;DR: It's early days, but I'm unbelievably glad to have discovered YNAB. 😃 _____________________________________________ I'm just finishing up my second week of serious YNAB use (started in…
- Olive Branch
- Librarian/Info Pro
- olive_branch
- 8 days ago
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- Olive Branch8 days ago
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Breaking the Cycle
I've had YNAB for a few weeks. I haven't gone through all the tutorials and features, but bare bones use has served me well. Last week I had the most money I have ever seen in my account before…
- Aquamarine Piano
- Growing up
- Aquamarine_Piano.5
- 8 days ago
- 1 reply
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- Pikayo8 days ago
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With YNAB...automation is less scary!
With the help of YNAB, I got two credit cards to have ZERO balance. I'd always been pretty good about them, but now it is so much better, since the only charges will already fit in my budget.…
- zellie
- zellie
- 11 mths ago
- 6 replies
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- casner9 days ago
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YNAB thinks like I do, and other victories
YNAB thinks like I do It was a victory just agreeing to pay for a budgeting tool. I've been spreadsheeting it for the last year and am always missing a transaction here or there...…
- sf2sa
- sf2sa
- 3 wk ago
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- Tomato トマト11 days ago
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Never Too Late
Hi all! I am one week into YNAB, and finding that you're never too old to learn. At age 68, I let my finances take a back seat, when I had to become my husband's caretaker following a stroke.…
- Cornflower Blue Rhythm
- Cornflower_Blue_Rhythm.3
- 12 days ago
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YNAB Helped Save My Life
I know that sounds a bit dramatic but when I think back to just about a year ago, my life has been changed forever by this service. I earn pretty decent money, but I never had anything to show for it.…
- Neil Trodden
- cannontrodder
- 2 wk ago
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- Frugalflamesfan12 days ago
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I'm a retread on trial
I tried YNAB last summer but since I get paid every 2 weeks, I could never figure out how to do the money in the middle of the month. Both the carryover money and the new money.…
- Violet Beat
- Violet_Beat.1
- 12 days ago
- 2 replies
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- FanessYNAB Support12 days ago
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3 down, 1 to go!
Today, I am taking time to recognize the fact that I created new debt for myself twice since starting YNAB (because life still happens while you're learning to budget) but I've paid both of those…
- Purple Admiral (654105ab5021)
- Purple_Admiral_654105ab
- 3 wk ago
- 1 reply
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- spammagnet2 wk ago
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Net worth is now positive!
We had been dipping our toes in the YNAB process for years. We finally dove all in last August 2017, mostly because the bank activity could now be imported directly.…
- Kevin Spear
- Drummerkev
- 3 wk ago
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Getting Cash Back Again
While on sabbatical I racked up quite a bit of credit card debt. I almost maxed everything out before I just-in-time started to collect a regular paycheck again.…
- Maroon Rain
- Maroon_Rain
- 1 mth ago
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- Tower of Anna3 wk ago
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First time for everything, I guess...
Last night, I waited up until after midnight so my paycheck hit my account, and immediately budgeted it and paid several upcoming bills. I was excited to pay the bills.…
- poshcodebear
- poshcodebear
- 1 mth ago
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- Navy Blue Grizzly4 wk ago
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Fasting and budgeting
Due to yNAB, this is the first time on Yom Kippur I thought, "Cool, the holiday is saving me three meals from my budget." Small wins. 🙂
- Saish Dawg
- saish_dawg
- 1 mth ago
- 3 replies
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- Kate4 wk ago
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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, been living an erratic financial life - making…
- Orchid Yeti
- Orchid_Yeti
- 3 mths ago
- 4 replies
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- Orchid Yeti1 mth ago
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A little victory first month in
Its my first month using the app faithfully and I’ve managed to spend only $60-100 on groceries for the last three weeks for a family of three. Of course,…
- Pink Harp
- Pink_Harp.1
- 1 mth ago
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- Frugalflamesfan1 mth ago
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Sharing the Love of Budgeting With Others
My wife and I are in our twenties and she maintains many friendships from high school. Many of those friends do not look at their finances and have the predicable problems in life.…
- Doc McCoy
- Research Engineer
- abuster
- 2 mths ago
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- Brandon P1 mth ago
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A win and a grin
I was sorta celebrating my money being 26 days old today when I happened to look at my checking account (which I do much more frequently these days, albeit not in panic mode like I used to do).…
- Dianne
- Editor. Artist. Book fiend.
- bookgirl1010
- 1 mth ago
- 1 reply
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- Brandon P1 mth ago
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Helping family
I've been helping my adult son, who is an entrepreneur, with meeting his budget needs since late last year. Some months it's been a few hundred dollars.…
- Ivory Wizard
- Ivory_Wizard
- 1 mth ago
- 1 reply
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- FanessYNAB Support1 mth ago
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Minus sign
From the web app release notes : We now display a proper minus sign (Unicode U+02212 for the pedants among us) for negative amounts. It’s longer than a hyphen, easier to see,…
- Andrew Conkling
- andrewski
- 1 mth ago
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First weeks' win
I've been in a terrible habit of squirreling money away in my business checking, leaving it untouched to pay my taxes. Not a bad thing except there was always more than I actually needed for taxes.…
- Dianne
- Editor. Artist. Book fiend.
- bookgirl1010
- 2 mths ago
- 3 replies
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- Aritavashkai2 mths ago
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Getting real with myself
The win for me was getting real with myself. I would Swan around talking myself, I just buy gas and groceries, I am good! I will skip telling you how long a time I told myself that.…
- Cyan Violin
- Cyan_Violin.1
- 2 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- Doc McCoy2 mths ago
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