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Budgeting with Mom | YNAB

Budgeting with Mom | YNAB

I think the tears started when I asked “Ok, how many dollars a month is travel important to you?”.I was sitting on my living room couch next to my mom helping her get her budget set up in YNAB. My youngest brother had gotten her signed up a week or two before, but she...
How to Make Money as a Teen

How to Make Money as a Teen

School’s out, and the hunt for the perfect summer job is on for teens! As a parent, you want your pride and joy to not only make some extra money, but also gain valuable life skills. This means helping them find a lit summer job that will motivate them to break from...
How Family Histories Strained Our Finances

How Family Histories Strained Our Finances

In the late-1920s, Lithuania was an increasingly difficult place to live for Jewish families like my wife’s great-grandparents. They had built a stable life near the border of Germany, but as the economy faltered, anti-Semitism was on the rise.One night, at a play...
How to Manage Money Wisely

How to Manage Money Wisely

Sometimes it can seem like certain people just understand money. They have good credit. They have retirement savings. They (appear to) make smart decisions about spending and investing without agonizing. They seem to make enough money to enjoy financial security while...
How to Use YNAB Focused Views

How to Use YNAB Focused Views

Your budget is a beautiful thing—all of your passions and priorities lined up in front of you, prepared to do exactly what you tell them to do in support of the life you want to live. You get to decide how to organize your categories with a budget structured just the...
How to Budget for Periodic Expenses

How to Budget for Periodic Expenses

When you’re filled with the optimism of a shiny new plan—the thing that’s surely going to help you get your life together once and for all—budgeting seems like a fairly easy endeavor. You just buy a new notebook or planner, several very nice pens in different colors,...