by OverviewFX | Nov 1, 2024 | Budget
When I started at YNAB back in the bygone days of 2016, I had a pretty standard expectation of what my first day would be like—meet the team, set up my accounts, and get used to the remote work setup. What I didn’t expect was a quick chat with Chance, our head of...
by OverviewFX | Oct 28, 2024 | Budget
Look, you’ve been nailing it. Your YNAB categories are locked down tighter than a drum, your Rule Four buffer is purring like a kitten, and you’ve got your holiday spending plan ready to roll. But then—BAM!—your kid walks in the door, eyes wide, and drops the real...
by OverviewFX | Oct 23, 2024 | Budget
This post is adapted from YNAB’s twice-monthly newsletter, Loose Change. Years ago, I was tasked with creating a concept for an adult summer camp. I called it “Camp Re: Play”—a nod to living life online, and an invitation to rewind to an earlier time of...
by OverviewFX | Oct 18, 2024 | Budget
This post is adapted from YNAB’s twice-monthly newsletter, Loose Change. “Thanks… grandpa.” The extended pause between those two words spoke volumes: I was totally stumped by my birthday gift.I carefully inspected my mint-condition set of U.S. states and...
by OverviewFX | Oct 10, 2024 | Budget
This post is adapted from YNAB’s twice-monthly newsletter, Loose Change. There’s an old quote that gets passed around Stoic communities by Blaise Pascal, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Though this idea has...
by OverviewFX | Oct 3, 2024 | Budget
Twenty years ago, Jesse Mecham created a teensy spreadsheet to help make rent and graduate college debt-free. That little side project sparked something much bigger: a global movement, challenging centuries of financial misconceptions and transforming money from a...
