by OverviewFX | Jan 30, 2025 | Budget
At the time, the set of three oversized garden gnomes from Costco seemed like a fantastic idea. Whimsical. Charming. A conversation starter. But once you got them home, reality set in.Are they sitting there, silently judging me with their unsettling side-eye? Why...
by OverviewFX | Jan 28, 2025 | Budget
This post is adapted from YNAB’s twice-monthly newsletter, Loose Change.“Miss Ashley!” The senior Southern gentleman standing before me reached out and touched the edge of the iPad I was taking notes on, forcing me to stop and meet his gaze. “I know to you, it’s...
by OverviewFX | Jan 6, 2025 | Budget
Money apparently couldn’t buy love for The Beatles, but they were also under the impression that there are eight days in a week, so can we really trust them? And I’m not sure if we can blame it on the Beatles because it would be shallow and disgusting to believe that...
by OverviewFX | Jan 2, 2025 | Budget
The clock strikes midnight and starbursts begin to flare overhead. As fireworks illuminate the night sky, this is it. Society called earlier. You were out, so I took a message and they’re saying something about how you better make the most of it? “Tell them,” they...
by OverviewFX | Jan 1, 2025 | Budget
So, you want to learn the ways of YNAB. You’ve come to the right place! Maybe you have some big goals like paying off loads of debt or saving for a super cool vacation. Maybe you’re fed up with constantly second-guessing your spending and feeling stressed about every...
by OverviewFX | Dec 30, 2024 | Budget
This post is adapted from YNAB’s twice-monthly newsletter, Loose Change. Michael, one of our developers at YNAB, was trying to solve a small transportation problem. He and his friends were planning to go to their second Burning Man festival, but they had too...