Claimed line 3. 

Started YNAB in June 2019 with a virtually empty bank account (and full credit card) after a relationship breakup. So it was all about starting at the very beginning.

End of year 2019 AoM was 18 days. I was reasonably happy with that.

Still carrying debt, clearance of which is a 2020 goal, but would like to move my AOM up incrementally so aiming for 5 weeks by years end.

Small steps...

Happy New Year all! 😊

Bevocat, you are already at my goal!!! I bow to you and am totally impressed and inspired.

However, I'm also scheming to overtake you. (My  inner-bad- girl says "I will triumph!" in my best Sith Lord voice.) Might take this turtle a bit, but I'm nipping at your heels in my own head. 

A-ho! THIS is exactly what I need from my YNAB this year. I declare 2020 my "YNAB ReHab and Recovery Parade" after a rather truculent 2018/19. Baby, I'm back and this time I MEAN IT. 

Thank you for creating exactly the "Rube Goldberg Accountability FruitCake Machine" that I need to get me to and through my discomfort, debt and complainy-pants whining whilst conquering my money with style in 2020. 

I claimed line 12 on the spreadsheet, but I wasn't sure if the nYNAB starting date was meant to be when I personally started using YNAB or the starting date of my current budget. I went with the latter, but I can change it if need be! 

I restructured my budget at the beginning of 2018 and since then I've reached an AoM of 290. I'm aiming for a solid 365 in 2020. :)

Claimed line 15. Lets see if I can break 30 days this year, also working on debt elimination. 

Line 16 - Claimed, Goal of 30 

I will post at the end of the month 

AOM Dec = 15

Claimed Line 18. At one point last year my AOM was up to 11 days, but it took a hit during the holidays. I'm hoping I can break 30 in 2020!

Line 19, Age of Money is 80 days for December 2019. My goal is to break a 100 days this coming year.  

Greetings! I am claiming line 20. I tried this last year and budgeting was a mess. So new start.  I still have debts and everything but my goal is to start and be consistent with it all. So.... here's to 2020!

I claimed line #21. I started my current YNAB budget iteration January 2019. I will update my AOM on the 3rd of each month. My current AOM is 42 days on 1/3/2020. My goal is 60 days. I have updated the spreadsheet.

I think this is my 3rd year doing the spreadsheet but I've never posted.  I know the limitations of AOM but I still think it's a fun metric.  I'm game for anything gamified.

Last year I started at 79 with a goal of 120 and did my typical bouncing up and down for 5 months, inching towards 90.  But then my mom died and I had to move some cash into my accounts to categorize for bills and some major ongoing expenses.   My age of money shot to 179 at the end of Dec. and is at 182 today.  However, the goal I'm setting is 150.  Since my net worth has dropped majorly each of the past 5 or 6 months, I'm curious at what point my AOM begins its descent as well, and how far.  On the other hand, our income has been rapidly increasing  (finally) and I will be immensely proud of myself if I can maintain a decent AOM and buffer and not slip back into the 20-40 range of 2017 and 2018.

Good luck everyone! 🎉🎉

I'm in! Need help staying focused on this metric.

I'm also in! My AOM is currently 18 and Days of Buffering -148.1. My goal for 2020 is AOM 45 days and I'll be happy with anything consistently over 30. For Days of Buffering, I'm interested in seeing how the number changes throughout the year. This year's focus is saving money for home purchase and paying off debt.  Thanks for the challenge!

I pulled a fresh start [New Year's] morning, so I don't have an AoM, and since I started with [approximately] a year's worth of my average expenses due to healthy sinking funds + emergency funds, I don't expect to see any dips in 2020....  I won't be participating in a new AoM challenge.

Changed my mind.  😎   It's only been four days, but I already feel antsy at not playing along. 

I'm starting with no AoM displayed yet due to a fresh start on New Year's day and forecasting that, barring disaster, I will achieve a 300 AoM by the end of 2020.  Claimed my line.

1/6/2020

I’ll take line 26 with an AOM of 88

I claimed line 28.

We received a small inheritance ($5k) when I started YNAB in September. It all went to Christmas and youth sports. 🤮 But before we blew it all, it gave us an unrealistic AOM in my eyes, since that was an extenuating circumstance. I did a Fresh Start December 31st so I could track our actual numbers without skew from the $5k. AOM is currently 4. Goal is 30.

Thanks for setting this up!

K. B. Life's nothing but a never ending string of random events of smaller and bigger budget impacts. Best of luck! I have never done  a fresh start, and the averages only go back 12 months in any event. If I really needed proper averages for the categories in question I'd move the offending spending to a different category or different main category.

Joined again for 2020. Ended 2019 with 383, goal this year is 250 as I have a lot of planned spending in the year to come.