The YNAB Podcast

By Jesse Mecham

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 Feb 25, 2019

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A weekly dose of just the right medicine to help you get out of debt, save more money, and beat the paycheck to paycheck cycle.

Episode Date
What's the Alternative?
Apr 22, 2024
Your Biggest Single Expense
Apr 15, 2024
Let's Cut Spending!
Apr 08, 2024
Ask Jesse: Perfect YNAB, Tithing Confusion, and More Credit Card Comments
Apr 01, 2024
Gaming the Credit Card System... Maybe
Mar 25, 2024
Inherent Value Doesn't Exist
Mar 18, 2024
Ask Jesse: Lavish Praise and Woodchip Gardening (Sort Of)
Mar 11, 2024
Young Creatures Just Looking to Party
Mar 04, 2024
Looking In the Mirror
Feb 26, 2024
Money Is Not a Tool
Feb 19, 2024
Dire Straits, or Rolling In It, It's All the Same
Feb 12, 2024
Ask Jesse: How to Plan with a Reluctant Partner, and Some Successes
Feb 05, 2024
A Sample of Interesting, Joyful Spending
Jan 29, 2024
YNABers Share Their New Years Resolutions
Jan 22, 2024
I Love Money
Jan 15, 2024
A Clarification on Goal Failures
Jan 08, 2024
Goals Are Awesome
Jan 01, 2024
Merry Christmas from YNAB
Dec 25, 2023
Invest In Preparedness, Not Prediction
Dec 18, 2023
A Quote from F.W. Boreham
Dec 11, 2023
Ask Jesse: Selling a Rental Property, Buying a Car, and Pausing Retirement to Save?
Dec 04, 2023
Giving the Old Bird to Money
Nov 27, 2023
It Has Nothing, and Everything, to Do with Spending
Nov 20, 2023
You Didn't Quit. To Every Season...
Nov 13, 2023
Building Habits: Four of Them, Actually
Nov 06, 2023
BONUS: Goodbye Mint, Hello YNAB
Nov 03, 2023
Joy Is a Three
Oct 30, 2023
It's You All the Way Down
Oct 23, 2023
Ask Jesse: Airlines are Banks, Better Money Habits, and Fast Talking
Oct 16, 2023
Ask Jesse: Credit Card Rebels, Banks, and Emergency Funds
Oct 09, 2023
Guilty on All Counts
Oct 02, 2023
Shift Your Spending Into High Gear
Sep 25, 2023
Ask Jesse: ...And Done!
Sep 18, 2023
Ask Jesse: We're Getting There People!
Sep 11, 2023
Ask Jesse: Still Catching Up
Sep 04, 2023
Ask Jesse: Catching Up
Aug 28, 2023
An Experiment Made Permanent
Aug 21, 2023
When Expenses Rise: Ben Rolls With the Punches
Aug 14, 2023
Money Stress
Aug 07, 2023
Rules Changes: A Quick Trip Through YNAB History
Jul 31, 2023
How to Talk to Your Partner About Budgeting
Jul 24, 2023
Managing Vacation Transactions
Jul 17, 2023
How Often Should You Reconcile?
Jul 10, 2023
Leaving Margin for Life
Jul 03, 2023
One Easy Trick to Boost Your Retirement Savings
Jun 26, 2023
This Question Doesn't Have to Be Scary: Can I Afford This?
Jun 19, 2023
A Different Take on Credit Cards
Jun 12, 2023
Paying Off Debt the Sustainable Way
Jun 05, 2023
Rule Four Reviewed
May 29, 2023
Rule Three Reviewed
May 22, 2023
Rule Two Reviewed
May 15, 2023
Rule One Reviewed
May 08, 2023
A Mother's Method for Living Well (Contest Announcement!)
May 01, 2023
What's In Your Financial Shovel of Dirt?
Apr 24, 2023
Giving Future You A Bit More Negotiation Ammo
Apr 17, 2023
Paid In Full, But Always in Debt
Apr 10, 2023
Jesse Chats with a Guy Who Has Never Used a Credit Card
Apr 03, 2023
Ask Jesse: Talk Slower, Pay Down Debt Faster
Mar 27, 2023
Rule One and the Pursuit of Nothing
Mar 20, 2023
Expensive Is a Lazy Word
Mar 13, 2023
Ask Jesse: Travel Hacking, Credit Cards, and YNAB'er Experiences
Mar 06, 2023
Rule One and DIY FTW
Feb 27, 2023
Debit vs Credit Card Smackdown (and a Rant)
Feb 20, 2023
Ask Jesse: Save for Cars or Pay Down Mortgage, Debt Consolidation, and How Do You Know When to Spend?
Feb 13, 2023
One Thing That Tells You You're Doing Money Right
Feb 06, 2023
A Major Downside to Not Having Money Stress
Jan 30, 2023
Ask Jesse: Doubling Income, Real Estate, Debit Card Fraud Prevention
Jan 23, 2023
Ask Jesse: More on Credit Cards, Tracking 401k in YNAB, and Paying Off Student Loans
Jan 16, 2023
Now Burn It All Down Again
Jan 09, 2023
Don't Make Big Changes, People!
Jan 02, 2023
A Strategy for the Holidays in 2023
Dec 26, 2022
Every Gift I'm Giving Julie, Forever
Dec 19, 2022
Ask Jesse: Tracking 401k in YNAB, Early Retirement Budgeting, Advisors, and More
Dec 12, 2022
You Spend More Money with Credit Cards
Dec 05, 2022
The Different Tenses of Money
Nov 28, 2022
Rule One and Gratitude
Nov 21, 2022
What's the Most Expensive Thing You've Budgeted For? YNABers Share
Nov 14, 2022
Ask Jesse: What's the Most Important Metric?
Nov 07, 2022
The Last $300
Oct 31, 2022
When Is Your Age of Money Enough?
Oct 24, 2022
Rule Three Happens BEFORE Spending, Not After
Oct 17, 2022
EP 18 Money Stories: Surviving Financial Abuse with Dr. Kerry Roarke
Oct 10, 2022
Ask Jesse: Is All Money Just Savings?
Oct 03, 2022
Budgeting for 8 Weeks Abroad with Chrissy Sebald
Sep 26, 2022
EP 17 Money Stories: Living Debt Free in Manhattan, Budgeting Wisdom from Mom, and More with Christopher J. Campbell
Sep 19, 2022
Simple Investing with Jeremy Schneider of Personal Finance Club
Sep 12, 2022
Breaking Down Student Loan Forgiveness with Ben the Dollar Scholar
Sep 05, 2022
Nail Back to School with the Four Rules
Aug 29, 2022
Ask Jesse: What Should You Do with a Life-changing Windfall?
Aug 22, 2022
Lessons from the Bookshelf: What Jesse Has Been Reading Lately
Aug 15, 2022
Ask Jesse: So You Just Started Your First Real Job...
Aug 08, 2022
That Magical Moment (When You Really Want Something)
Aug 01, 2022
Ask Jesse: Kids, Allowances, and Cringey Purchases
Jul 25, 2022
Budgeting for the Nomadic Life
Jul 18, 2022
Ask Jesse: What's the Deal with Whole Life Insurance?
Jul 11, 2022
Debt and Pay Later Plans: An Independence Day Rant
Jul 04, 2022
What If Your Coworkers Weren't Stressed About Money?
Jun 27, 2022
Ask Jesse: How Do You Move On... From Budgeting?
Jun 20, 2022
Mid-Year Check In: Are You Still Clear On Things?
Jun 13, 2022
Ask Jesse: What Do I Do With My Investments Now?
Jun 06, 2022
Revisiting a Hot Take on Index Investing
May 30, 2022
How to Budget When Everything Is Expensive
May 23, 2022
Ask Jesse: How Should You Track Vacation Spending?
May 16, 2022
A Financial Roadmap for Marriage and Financial Separation with Attorneys Kelly Frawley and Emily Pollock
May 09, 2022
Better Budgeting... and a Rant about Banks
May 02, 2022
Ask Jesse: First-Time Home Buyer in a Crazy Market
Apr 25, 2022
Savings With a Purpose
Apr 18, 2022
EP16 Money Stories: First Responders and Finance, $78k Debt Paid off in 28 Months
Apr 11, 2022
Meet Todd: The CEO Behind YNAB
Apr 04, 2022
EP15 Money Stories: Unconventional Job? No Problem. A Lifetime of Budgeting Wisdom from Nina Clark
Mar 28, 2022
Ask Jesse All About Taxes
Mar 21, 2022
So You Want to Renovate Your Home...
Mar 14, 2022
15 vs 30 Year Mortgage: Which Is Actually Better?
Mar 07, 2022
EP14 Money Stories: How Mackenzie Uses YNAB to Navigate College, Study Abroad, and Multiple Currencies
Feb 28, 2022
Master Your Grocery Budget with Erin
Feb 21, 2022
A Little Momentum Is All You Need
Feb 14, 2022
Budget Nerds Is Now a Podcast!
Feb 07, 2022
Ask Jesse: Planning for 3-Month Paychecks and Windfalls
Jan 31, 2022
Ask Jesse: How Do You Budget After Retirement?
Jan 24, 2022
Real Estate 101 with Scott Trench (BiggerPockets)
Jan 17, 2022
The Organized Wallet with Ashley from TikTok
Jan 10, 2022
Take the More Money Challenge with Veronica
Jan 03, 2022
Budget Burndown Revisited: How to Set and Reach Your 2022 Financial Goals
Dec 27, 2021
EP13 Money Stories: Jak and Chelsea Tackle ADHD... with YNAB
Dec 20, 2021
Celebrating Your Biggest Wins in 2021
Dec 13, 2021
Ask Jesse: How Do I Get Back on the Budget Bandwagon?
Dec 06, 2021
Meet the Chief of Side Hustles: Nick Loper
Dec 01, 2021
Ask Jesse: How to Launder Money... for Christmas?!
Nov 29, 2021
Don't Afterpay Your Way Though the Holidays
Nov 24, 2021
Ask Jesse: Living Right And It's Not Fair
Nov 22, 2021
Adapt or Die
Nov 17, 2021
Ask Jesse: Should I Sell My Crypto to Pay Off Debt?
Nov 15, 2021
Growth After Trauma: Krista St. Germain from The Widowed Mom Podcast
Nov 10, 2021
EP12 Money Stories: Njeri Young Asks "How Do You Want Your Money to Treat You?"
Nov 08, 2021
18 Summers: Jim and Jamie Sheils on Building Stronger Families
Nov 03, 2021
Money Story EP11: Chris Wilson on Simplifying Your Why
Nov 01, 2021
Throw Away Your To-Do List: Tanya Dalton On Purpose
Oct 27, 2021
The Spectrum of Wealth
Oct 25, 2021
Your Cash Is Your Strategy (Rebroadcast from Beginning Balance)
Oct 20, 2021
Once Again, The Holidays are Upon Us
Oct 18, 2021
The Montblanc Effect
Oct 13, 2021
From the YNAB Mailbag: When Should I Invest in the Stock Market?
Oct 11, 2021
Tik Tok for Financial Advice? YNAB's Got That Covered
Oct 06, 2021
Should You Invest in Crypto?
Oct 04, 2021
How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
Sep 29, 2021
Investing 101, Pt 2: How to Get Started
Sep 27, 2021
Building Passive Income through Real Estate with Dustin Heiner
Sep 22, 2021
Investing 101 with Matthew: Terms You Need to Know
Sep 20, 2021
You Might Be a Budget Nerd If...
Sep 15, 2021
Financial Order of Operations
Sep 13, 2021
The Financial Pressures of The Sandwich Generation with Jennifer Owens
Sep 08, 2021
Behind the Scenes: A Random Chat with the YNAB Team
Sep 06, 2021
How to Talk to Your Kids About Money with Anne-Lyse Wealth
Sep 01, 2021
Behind the Scenes: Personal Finance Tips from the YNAB Team
Aug 30, 2021
Back to School, Back to Budgeting
Aug 25, 2021
Behind the Scenes: The YNAB Team Shares Their Very Best Budgeting Advice
Aug 23, 2021
Meet the Man with All the Hacks! Chris Hutchins
Aug 18, 2021
Behind the Scenes: Working at YNAB
Aug 16, 2021
EP10 Money Stories: How Tristan Pursued His Art Dreams and Paid off $80k of Student Debt
Aug 11, 2021
Behind the Scenes: Budgeting with a Partner
Aug 09, 2021
Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: Money and End-of-Life Care with Cameron Huddleston
Aug 04, 2021
Behind the Scenes: What's The Budget Done for You Lately?
Aug 02, 2021
Meet Your Guide to the Student Loan Jungle: Travis Hornsby (Student Loan Planner)
Jul 28, 2021
Behind the Scenes: YNAB Employees Tell Their Debt Stories
Jul 26, 2021
James Clear: Building Good Habits and Breaking Bad Ones
Jul 21, 2021
Dear College Student
Jul 19, 2021
Hannah Cole: Simplifying Taxes for Artists and Creative Professionals
Jul 14, 2021
You're Broke and Winning
Jul 12, 2021
A New Way to Pay for College? David Stackpole's Unique Strategy
Jul 07, 2021
EP09 Money Stories: Carol Kissinger Was "Bad At Money," Until She Found YNAB
Jul 05, 2021
How to Be a Financial Grownup with Bobbi Rebell
Jun 30, 2021
Uh, Are You Still Budgeting?
Jun 28, 2021
EP08 Money Stories: Ivan & Daniel Budget for the High Income Earner
Jun 23, 2021
After Years of Experiments, Jesse Does the Unthinkable
Jun 21, 2021
Jean Chatzky: Helping Women Find Security in Money
Jun 16, 2021
6 Money Lessons for Newlyweds
Jun 14, 2021
Well, Here We Are...
Jun 09, 2021
Closing the College Gap: Steve Colon (CEO, Bottom Line)
Jun 07, 2021
Introducing Beginning Balance: A Show About Small Business
Jun 02, 2021
Get Your S*** Together: End of Life Planning with Chanel Reynolds
May 31, 2021
Rebroadcast -- Work Party: Take Control of Your Finances and Cultivate Confidence Around Money with Jesse Mecham
May 26, 2021
Meet the Woman Who Paid Off $490k in Debt: Sami Womack
May 24, 2021
Identity Crisis? How About Identity Shift with Anthony Trucks
May 19, 2021
Installment Plans and Future You
May 17, 2021
EP07 Money Stories: Student Debt? No Problem. Staying Positive During Debt Paydown with Abbie Shepherd
May 12, 2021
Taking Action on Your Ideas with Noah Kagan
May 10, 2021
YNAB and the Vocabulary of Finance
May 05, 2021
YNAB Features You Didn't Know Existed
May 03, 2021
Budgeting for a Baby with Chelsea Brennan (Smart Money Mamas)
Apr 28, 2021
YNAB and Privacy
Apr 26, 2021
Set Boundaries, Get More Done with Jeff Sanders (5AM Miracle Podcast)
Apr 21, 2021
EP06 Money Stories: How YNAB Saved Erika from Drowning In Debt
Apr 19, 2021
Own the Muddy Parts of Your Story with Mary Marantz
Apr 14, 2021
Student Loans Are Frozen, But You Are Not
Apr 12, 2021
How Does She Do It? Managing Time in a Busy Life | Laura Vanderkam & Sarah Hart-Unger
Apr 07, 2021
How to Go From Two Incomes to One
Apr 05, 2021
What Does College Really Cost? Ron Lieber Explains
Mar 31, 2021
How to Time a Home Purchase
Mar 29, 2021
Budgeting and... Nutrition? How The Four Rules Can Improve Your Eating Habits with Kali Langevin
Mar 24, 2021
EP05 Money Stories: From $30k Debt to "CoastFI" with Diania Merriam
Mar 22, 2021
The ONE Thing Keeping You from Reaching Your Goals with Geoff Woods
Mar 17, 2021
Optimizing Your Car Budget... Not Really
Mar 15, 2021
Know Your Enneagram, Know Yourself with Ian Morgan Cron
Mar 10, 2021
Here's the Ideal Budget
Mar 08, 2021
House Hacking, Individual Stock Picking, & More with Investor Robert Leonard
Mar 03, 2021
EP04 Money Stories: How YNAB Brought Sita Peace of Mind... and Peace in Life
Mar 01, 2021
How to Find Passion in Your Work with Kelsey Murphy
Feb 24, 2021
Jesse Answers Your Questions: Small Business Q&A #1
Feb 22, 2021
How to Have the Most Productive Year Ever with Amir Salihefendic (Doist)
Feb 17, 2021
How to Get a Job at YNAB with Emma Rolls
Feb 15, 2021
Four Common Traits of People Who Aren't Stressed About Money
Feb 08, 2021
Budgeting Your Technology with Corbett Barr
Feb 01, 2021
What Does Strength Have to Do with Budgeting? Matt Reynolds (Barbell Logic Online Coaching)
Jan 25, 2021
Sprinting Is Hard, But the Payoff Is Sweet
Jan 18, 2021
EP03 Money Stories: Katie Is Living the Hawaiian Dream... On a Budget
Jan 14, 2021
3 Ways to Curb Your Money Spending Problem
Jan 11, 2021
EP02 Money Stories: Liz Finds Financial Freedom through Tik Tok
Jan 07, 2021
This Is Why You Can't Get Out of Debt
Jan 04, 2021
EP01 Money Stories: Trish Answers - How Far Would You Go to Pay Off Debt?
Dec 31, 2020
Join Me In a 34-Day Reset
Dec 28, 2020
Remembering What We Remember
Dec 21, 2020
Terry Bickmore: Advice for the First-Time Homebuyer
Dec 14, 2020
Big Goals The End (re-broadcast)
Dec 07, 2020
Tackling Fear
Nov 30, 2020
YNAB Named Fortune's 2020 "Best Small Workplace" with Taylor Brown, CTO
Nov 23, 2020
Think Like An Entrepreneur: An Interview with Ramit Sethi (I Will Teach You to Be Rich)
Nov 16, 2020
Budgeting with Self-Care with Robyn Conley Downs
Nov 09, 2020
Contribution Margin to Cover Life's Overhead
Nov 02, 2020
You Are Building WEALTH
Oct 26, 2020
Just Settle In
Oct 19, 2020
Never Spend Your Emergency Fund Again
Oct 12, 2020
Are You Just Not Smart With Money?
Oct 05, 2020
Lifestyle Creep?
Sep 28, 2020
Mindfulness and Money: A Chat with a Meditation Expert
Sep 21, 2020
Progress Purchases
Sep 14, 2020
The Reluctant Partner is a Misread
Sep 07, 2020
Books I've Read - The Business Shelf
Aug 31, 2020
Books I've Read - The "General" Shelf
Aug 24, 2020
Meet Naseema, The Nurse on FIRE
Aug 17, 2020
The Rule Three Escape Hatch
Aug 10, 2020
COVID Conquerors
Aug 03, 2020
YNAB for Good
Jul 27, 2020
Atomic Budgeting Pt. 5: The Environment That Shapes You
Jul 20, 2020
Atomic Budgeting Pt. 4: The Four Laws of Behavior Change
Jul 13, 2020
Atomic Budgeting Pt. 3: Becoming, Not Achieving
Jul 06, 2020
Atomic Budgeting Pt. 2: Systems, Not Goals
Jun 29, 2020
Atomic Budgeting: Compound Interest
Jun 22, 2020
Financial Wellness by YNAB
Jun 15, 2020
Daily Reconciliation and Gardening
Jun 01, 2020
Doing Nothing Is Something
May 25, 2020
Chickens, Fruit Trees, and Trellises
May 18, 2020
Windfalls and Uncertainty
May 11, 2020
YNAB and COVID-19
May 04, 2020
Chasing Value
Apr 27, 2020
Write That Gem Down!
Apr 20, 2020
Rule Zero Morphs Before Your Very Eyes
Apr 13, 2020
You've Never Budgeted At A Time Like This
Apr 06, 2020
The Commander's Intent
Mar 30, 2020
Don't Be Average... You Can't Be Anyway
Mar 23, 2020
Budget. No, Budget!
Mar 16, 2020
Wait!
Mar 09, 2020
Doing Nothing Is Something
Mar 02, 2020
Budgeting for Lady Luck
Feb 24, 2020
Opting Out of Credit Cards (A Bit)
Feb 17, 2020
Scratching the Gambling... Er, "Investing" Itch
Feb 10, 2020
Optionality and Managing Your Fixed (or Growing) Expenses
Feb 03, 2020
Optionality & Why You Should Follow Rule Two Instead of Paying Down Debt
Jan 27, 2020
Incentives and Your 401(k)
Jan 20, 2020
Opting Out of the Credit Card Game
Jan 13, 2020
January Burndown 2020
Jan 06, 2020
The YNAB Debt Bootcamp
Dec 31, 2019
Why I Hate Debt Pt. 4: The Corporations
Dec 30, 2019
Why I Hate Debt Pt. 3: Cost of Opportunity
Dec 23, 2019
Why I Hate Debt Pt. 2: Constraints & Creativity
Dec 16, 2019
Why I Hate Debt Pt. 1: Cash
Dec 09, 2019
Handling Wildly Variable Income
Dec 02, 2019
A Business Podcast?
Nov 25, 2019
Why?
Nov 18, 2019
Sowing the Seeds of FI
Nov 11, 2019
Arbitrary Milestones
Nov 04, 2019
Categories Below the Line
Oct 28, 2019
Nickeled and Dimed
Oct 21, 2019
Sure We Could. If We Had To
Oct 14, 2019
2FA FTW
Oct 07, 2019
Everyone's a Lender
Sep 30, 2019
Payday Lender...Apps
Sep 23, 2019
Fixing the Paycheck to Paycheck Cycle
Sep 16, 2019
Rule Four and Waistlines
Sep 09, 2019
Rule Three is War
Sep 02, 2019
Rule Two Broken Down
Aug 26, 2019
Rule One Broken Down
Aug 19, 2019
DIY FTW
Aug 12, 2019
Singular Focus on the Shovel and its Size
Aug 05, 2019
Testing Rounding Up
Jul 29, 2019
Is it Going Up?
Jul 22, 2019
It's for the Children
Jul 15, 2019
Bonus Episode: Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung Interview
Jul 09, 2019
Should You Start Over
Jul 08, 2019
The Clothing Credit Card Experiment
Jul 01, 2019
The Ideal Budget
Jun 24, 2019
A Report on Manual Entry
Jun 17, 2019
Bulking and Cutting
Jun 10, 2019
A Thin Slice of Cheese
Jun 03, 2019
That's Progress
May 27, 2019
Is Wanting It Enough
May 20, 2019
Bonus Episode: Ramit Sethi Interview
May 14, 2019
Oxygen Masks
May 13, 2019
A Rock and a Hard Place
May 06, 2019
It's Just Not Working
Apr 29, 2019
Investing vs Budgeting
Apr 22, 2019
Renting a House is Awesome
Apr 15, 2019
Dropping Swears
Apr 08, 2019
The Power of Pencil and Paper
Apr 01, 2019
Hey Nerd Chill
Mar 25, 2019
Ep 13 Debt Story: Meet Jonathan and Miranda
Mar 21, 2019
Hey Free Spirit Here's a Calculator
Mar 18, 2019
Financial Wellness by YNAB
Mar 11, 2019
Ep 12 Debt Story: Meet Tanya
Mar 07, 2019
Manual Entry Take Two
Mar 04, 2019
Cash is a King in Hiding
Feb 25, 2019
Ep 11 Debt Story: Meet Siobhan
Feb 21, 2019
The Allure of Plastic
Feb 18, 2019
Age of Money When it Just Keeps Climbing
Feb 11, 2019
Ep 10 Debt Story: Meet Erin
Feb 07, 2019
Rule Three and Alabama Football a little
Feb 04, 2019
Rule Two the In-Laws are Coming
Jan 28, 2019
Rule One in an Afternoon.
Jan 21, 2019
Priorities Priorities Priorities
Jan 14, 2019
Ep 09 Debt Story: Meet Chelsea
Jan 10, 2019
Goals and a Single Piece of Paper
Jan 07, 2019
Ep 08 Debt Story: Meet Megan
Jan 03, 2019
Annual Goals Reviewed Daily
Dec 31, 2018
Moving the Pine Needle
Dec 24, 2018
Hassle and Bustle
Dec 17, 2018
Student Loan Syndrome: an Interview with Ryan Law
Dec 10, 2018
No News is Good News For You
Dec 03, 2018
How to Time the Market
Nov 26, 2018
Thanksgiving 2018: Gratitude Combats Discontent
Nov 19, 2018
Pay Yourself First
Nov 12, 2018
Big Goals the End
Nov 05, 2018
Why is Forecasting Bad
Oct 29, 2018
The Subscription Scourge
Oct 22, 2018
Tertiary Costs
Oct 15, 2018
The Heirloom Toaster Company
Oct 08, 2018
344 - The DL on BIFL
Oct 01, 2018
343 - A Manual Intervention
Sep 24, 2018
342 - Motivation the Grind
Sep 17, 2018
341 - Broken Budgets
Sep 10, 2018
339 - API
Sep 03, 2018
340 - FOMO
Aug 27, 2018
YNAB Interview with Mike Michalowicz
Aug 21, 2018
338 - Budgeting is Spending
Aug 13, 2018
337 - Taking a Vacation from Budgeting
Aug 06, 2018
336 - Better Halves and Budgets
Jul 30, 2018
Ep 07 Debt Story: Meet Jennifer
Jul 26, 2018
335 - Money Stops, Obligations Keep Coming
Jul 23, 2018
Ep 06 Debt Story: Meet Sydney
Jul 19, 2018
334 - Parenting is Hard, Not Expensive
Jul 16, 2018
Ep 05 Debt Story: Meet Brittany
Jul 12, 2018
332 - Antifragile Finances
Jul 09, 2018
Ep 04 Debt Story: Meet Daniel
Jul 05, 2018
333 - Lowering the Baseline
Jul 02, 2018
Ep 03 Debt Story: Meet Andy & Melissa
Jun 28, 2018
330 - Is Eating Out Eating Your Budget?
Jun 25, 2018
Ep 02 Debt Story: Meet Tom
Jun 21, 2018
331 - Sacreligious Budgeting
Jun 18, 2018
Ep 01 Debt Story: Meet Angela
Jun 14, 2018
329 - When the Emergency Fund's Gathering Dust, and Why
Jun 11, 2018
328 - Why Only Budget What You Have?
Jun 05, 2018
327 - A Blind Trust
May 28, 2018
326 - Renting vs. Buying
May 21, 2018
325 - Blind Obedience and All Its Benefits
May 14, 2018
324 - Material Joy
May 07, 2018
323 - How to Retire and Move to the Woods Fulltime
Apr 30, 2018
322 - Buyer's Remoreselessness
Apr 23, 2018
321 - Let It Go
Apr 16, 2018
320 - Where Has Zero Gone?
Apr 09, 2018
319 - YNAB / Intuit Acquisition
Apr 01, 2018
318 - Ever the Optimizer
Mar 26, 2018
317 - The Greatest Showman
Mar 19, 2018
316 - "The Mexican Fisherman"
Mar 12, 2018
315 - Savings: Undetected.
Mar 05, 2018
314 - What do you mean, means?
Feb 26, 2018
313 - Non-Negotiables
Feb 19, 2018
312 - MASH
Feb 12, 2018
311 - All Mixed Up, Don't Know What to Do
Feb 05, 2018
310 - Pay Yourself First
Jan 29, 2018
309 - You Have a Spending Problem
Jan 22, 2018
308 - Taxes Tax Your Take Terribly
Jan 15, 2018
307 - "I Want A 100-Foot Boat"
Jan 08, 2018
306 - My Favorite Time of Year
Jan 01, 2018
305 - Merry Christmas, A Gift You Can Give Me :)
Dec 25, 2017
304 - Going Back to Your Roots
Dec 18, 2017
BONUS - A Conversation with Celia Benton
Dec 13, 2017
BONUS - A Conversation with Mitchel Burton
Dec 12, 2017
303 - Holiday Limits
Dec 11, 2017
BONUS - A Conversation with Matthew Dricci
Dec 11, 2017
BONUS - A Conversation with Jonathan Dale
Dec 08, 2017
BONUS - A Conversation with Holly MacKenzie
Dec 07, 2017
BONUS - A Conversation with Dan Kellermeyer
Dec 06, 2017
302 - The Costs of "Settling In"
Nov 27, 2017
301 - Black Friday Cometh
Nov 20, 2017
300 - Planned Spontaneity
Nov 13, 2017
299 - Experiences? Priceless.
Nov 06, 2017
298 - Loose Change, or Lose Change?
Oct 30, 2017
297 - Do I Still Need a Budget?
Oct 23, 2017
296 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Oct 16, 2017
295 - Lifestyle, Creep!
Oct 09, 2017
294 - When's a Good Time to (re)Start Budgeting?
Oct 02, 2017
293 - Is there Good Debt?
Sep 25, 2017
292 - Saving Kids from College
Sep 18, 2017
291 - Identity Theft Protection and You...?
Sep 11, 2017
290 - Millenial Money!!!!
Sep 04, 2017
289 - Headed to New York
Aug 28, 2017
288 - Breaking Routine
Aug 21, 2017
287 - Looking Ahead (Mobile!)
Aug 14, 2017
286 - Materiality
Aug 07, 2017
285 - Clarity Break
Jul 31, 2017
284 - Wired to Acquire
Jul 24, 2017
283 - The Debt Consolidation Myth
Jul 17, 2017
282 - Going Back to Granular
Jul 10, 2017
281 - Left-Handed
Jul 03, 2017
280 - Watering to Death
Jun 26, 2017
279 - Watering the Sidewalk
Jun 19, 2017
278 - Weeds
Jun 12, 2017
277 - Cold Showers
Jun 05, 2017
276 - Retreat!
May 29, 2017
275 - Deep Work
May 22, 2017
274 - Unearthed Priorities
May 15, 2017
273 - No Online Purchases in 2017
May 08, 2017
272 - Settling in With Stuff
May 01, 2017
271 - The Herloom Toaster
Apr 24, 2017
270 - Ownership Overhead
Apr 17, 2017
269 - The Cost of Ownership
Apr 10, 2017
268 - 1-844-YNAB-ING
Mar 27, 2017
267 - Your Debt Is Gonna Bury You
Mar 20, 2017
266 - Target Trouble
Mar 13, 2017
265 - Overspending
Mar 06, 2017
264 - Just A Budget Meeting
Feb 27, 2017
263 - Expenses Oh No
Feb 20, 2017
262 - Budget More
Feb 13, 2017
261 - Month One! In the Books!
Feb 06, 2017
260 - Getting a Reluctiant Partner on Board
Jan 30, 2017
259 - Why Most People Quit Budgeting
Jan 23, 2017
258 - How To Start Over
Jan 16, 2017
257 - Resolutioin-Proofing Your Budget
Jan 09, 2017
256 - Merry Christmas
Dec 26, 2016
255 - Support Amids the Holiday Chaos
Dec 19, 2016
254 - A Quick Look Back, and Talking About Going Forward
Dec 12, 2016
253 - Budgeting is Boring. Let's All Just Admit That.
Dec 05, 2016
252 - Growing Old Together with Your Crazy Money
Nov 28, 2016
251 - Rule Two With a Wild Income
Nov 21, 2016
250 - Can I Afford It? Yes! Oh...Wait
Nov 14, 2016
249 - Budget Fails with Variable Income
Nov 07, 2016
248 - March to Your Own Drum
Oct 31, 2016
247 - When the Money Itself Becomes a Priority...Watch Out.
Oct 25, 2016
246 - A Report on Reports
Oct 17, 2016
246 - A Report on Reports
Oct 17, 2016
245 - Budgets & Butlers
Oct 10, 2016
244 - We're Doing Workshops Now
Oct 03, 2016
243 - A 100% Remote Company. And You Can Too.
Sep 26, 2016
242 - But It's MY Car
Sep 19, 2016
241 - Cash for the Next House
Sep 12, 2016
240 - What Learning YNAB Looks Like
Sep 05, 2016
239 - Blank Slate
Aug 29, 2016
238 - Outsourcing
Aug 22, 2016
237 - Thinking Aloud About "To Be Budgeted"
Aug 15, 2016
236 - Working at YNAB
Aug 08, 2016
235 - The Simple Path to Wealth
Aug 01, 2016
234 - Deep Work for Dialed In Priorities
Jul 25, 2016
233 - One of the Richest Men in the World was a Bookkeeper
Jul 18, 2016
232 - Treat Yourself
Jul 11, 2016
231 - When You're Paid Every Day
Jul 04, 2016
230 - Budgeting with a Partner
Jun 27, 2016
229 - Simplify: Decision Fatigue
Jun 20, 2016
228 - Think Long, Act Now: Focus & Start Now
Jun 13, 2016
227 - A Report on Our "Cash is King" Budget
Jun 06, 2016
226 - Cars and the Identities that Drive Them
May 30, 2016
225 - Moments that Force You to Question Your Priorities
May 27, 2016
224 - Think Long, Act Now: Savings & Your Budget
May 16, 2016
223 - Deal w/ your Debt: Be Strategic
May 09, 2016
222 - Deal w/ your Debt: Changing Habits
May 04, 2016
221 - Interview with Author of "Odds On" Matt Hall
Apr 25, 2016
220 - Retreat! Retreat!
Apr 22, 2016
219 - Is Cash King?
Apr 11, 2016
218 - Quarter In Review
Apr 05, 2016
217 - How Will You Feel When...
Mar 28, 2016
216 - The Opposite of Spoiled
Mar 21, 2016
215 - Managing Money Less
Mar 14, 2016
214 - One Year Same As Cash
Mar 07, 2016
213 - Interview with Adam Carroll, Student Loan Expert
Feb 29, 2016
212 - Rule Four Reloaded
Feb 22, 2016
211 - Rule Three Reloaded
Feb 15, 2016
210 - Rule Two Reloaded
Feb 08, 2016
209 - Rule One Reloaded
Feb 01, 2016
208 - MVP
Jan 25, 2016
207 - Goals, Goals, Goals
Jan 18, 2016
206 - January vs December
Jan 11, 2016
205 - I Changed My Mind
Jan 04, 2016
204 - My New Baby
Dec 28, 2015
203 - Twas the Night Before Christmas
Dec 21, 2015
202 - Delayed Gratification
Dec 18, 2015
201 - A Container for Your Money
Dec 07, 2015
200 - Perfect for Procrastinators
Nov 30, 2015
199 - You Don't Have to be Frugal
Nov 23, 2015
198 - A Budget Bucket List
Nov 16, 2015
197 - What's the Difference Between YNAB and Mint?
Nov 09, 2015
196 - Save Something
Nov 02, 2015
195 - The Four Disciplines of Execution
Oct 26, 2015
194 - Question Everything
Oct 19, 2015
193 - Lump Sums (Like a Student Loan)
Oct 12, 2015
192 - To Automate or Not To Automate, That is the (Lame) Question
Oct 05, 2015
191 - What If You Didn't Have Reports?
Sep 28, 2015
190 - The Value of a Fresh Start
Sep 21, 2015
189 - Map Your Progress
Sep 14, 2015
188 - College Is In Session!
Sep 07, 2015
187 - Changing Seasons, Changing Priorities
Aug 31, 2015
186 - Mechams Unplugged
Aug 24, 2015
185 - Saving Without a Purpose Isn't Saving At All
Aug 17, 2015
184 - Pay Off Debt or Save First?
Aug 10, 2015
183 - Bills Are Paid...Now What?
Aug 03, 2015
182 - Dealing with Your Financial Scar Tissue
Jul 27, 2015
181 - Meet Carrie, A Brand New YNAB User
Jul 20, 2015
180 - Why I'm on the Fence About Paying for College
Jul 13, 2015
179 - Decision Fatigue
Jul 06, 2015
178 - The Bucket List
Jun 29, 2015
177 - Guilt-free spending
Jun 22, 2015
176 - Is that Budget Half Empty, or Half Full?
Jun 15, 2015
175 - The Dashmat Principle
Jun 08, 2015
174 - Learn From Data, Don't Live For It
Jun 01, 2015
173 - Pick a Card, Just One Card
May 25, 2015
172 - Put Your Bills On Auto-Pilot
May 18, 2015
171 - Close An Account, Then Another
May 11, 2015
170 - Simplicity Matters
May 04, 2015
169 - Pruning
Apr 27, 2015
168 - Quarterly Checkup
Apr 20, 2015
167 - The Gift of Tax Season
Apr 13, 2015
Special 03: Interview with Carl Richards - Self-Awareness
Apr 07, 2015
166 - Punching With the Rolls
Apr 06, 2015
Special 02: Interview with Carl Richards - Goals & Guessing
Mar 31, 2015
165 - Who's on First?
Mar 30, 2015
Special 01: Interview with Carl Richards - Why?
Mar 24, 2015
164 - There's No Party Like a Budgeting Party
Mar 23, 2015
163 - You Need Your Space
Mar 16, 2015
162 - Make It Joint
Mar 09, 2015
161 - Lay it All on the Table
Mar 02, 2015
160 - This One's for the Lovers
Feb 23, 2015
159 - Your Money or Your Life
Feb 16, 2015
158 - YNAB's 10 Year Anniversary
Feb 09, 2015
157 - When You're Spending More than You Bring In
Feb 02, 2015
156 - Happy Holidays
Jan 26, 2015
155 - Creating a Gasoline Hedge
Jan 19, 2015
154 - The Reset
Jan 13, 2015
153 - It's All Rule One
Jan 05, 2015
152 - PACE's Place
Dec 29, 2014
151 - Retirement is Rule Two
Dec 22, 2014
150 - Finding the Best Personal Finance Software
Dec 15, 2014
149 - Android App Overhaul
Dec 08, 2014
148 - Peeling Away the Emergency Onion
Dec 01, 2014
147 - Buying in to Tesla
Nov 24, 2014
146 - Dealing With Downs
Nov 17, 2014
145 - Money is...
Nov 10, 2014
144 - PACE a New Book
Nov 03, 2014
143 - Content in the Moment
Oct 27, 2014
142 - Frugality is Boring
Oct 20, 2014
141 - Living Within Your Means, Means Opportunity.
Oct 13, 2014
140 - Sometimes the Key is to Make More Money
Oct 07, 2014
139 - Simplicity. An Interview with Dave, a YNAB Team Member
Sep 29, 2014
138 - Scarcity, and Why I Love It
Sep 22, 2014
137 - Good Debt, Bad Debt
Sep 16, 2014
136 - Your One Priority
Sep 08, 2014
135 - Who's the Crazy Extreme One?
Sep 01, 2014
134 - YNAB for iPad is here
Aug 25, 2014
133 - Stop
Aug 18, 2014
132 - Kaizen
Aug 11, 2014
131 - My Semi-Annual Review
Aug 04, 2014
130 - Make a Fresh Start
Jul 28, 2014
129 - Kids & Money
Jul 21, 2014
128 - Blackberries in August
Jul 14, 2014
127 - Clarity, Scarcity & Forecasting
Jul 07, 2014
126 - Emergency Mode
Jul 01, 2014
125 - Tracking Time
Jun 23, 2014
124 - PACE
Jun 17, 2014
123 - Track What You Want to Change
Jun 09, 2014
122 - Consumption vs. Creation
Jun 02, 2014
121 - Chasing Credit Card Points
May 26, 2014
120 - Getting Things Done
May 19, 2014
119 - Well, Now What Do I Do?
May 12, 2014
118 - Disneyland and Assumptions
May 06, 2014
117 - How I Use Notes
Apr 28, 2014
116 - Asserting Your Authority
Apr 21, 2014
115 - Changing Your Status Quo with Extreme Behavior
Apr 07, 2014
114 - Budget Category Overzealousness
Mar 31, 2014
113 - The Binge Before the Crackdown
Mar 24, 2014
112 - The Cost of a Fat Checking Account
Mar 17, 2014
111 - Together or Separate?
Mar 10, 2014
110 - One Hundredth of a Second
Feb 24, 2014
109 - Piano Practice, and Budgeting
Feb 17, 2014
108 - The Intangibles of Budgeting? Priceless
Feb 10, 2014
107 - Winning Financially is Simple
Feb 03, 2014
106 - Saving for Its Own Sake
Jan 13, 2014
105 - The Year of the Status Quo
Dec 30, 2013
104 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Dec 23, 2013
103 - Timing Expenses to Save a Grand (or so) on Taxes
Dec 16, 2013
102 - When Your Tax Rate is 2000% (Not a Typo)
Dec 09, 2013
101 - When You Finance Anything, You Finance Everything
Dec 02, 2013
100 - A Look Back (and Forward) at YNAB
Nov 25, 2013
099 - Real Estate Investing with YNAB
Nov 18, 2013
098 - An Update on Julie Owning the Budget
Nov 11, 2013
097 - The Most Radical Shift in Money Management to Ever Take Place in Our Household.
Oct 14, 2013
096 - Mr Money Mustache's View on Retiring FAR Earlier Than the Norm (Take Two).mp3
Oct 07, 2013
095 - Soldier of Finance
Sep 27, 2013
094 - Cellphone, Unshackled.
Sep 24, 2013
093 - Financial Priorities
Aug 19, 2013
092 - Just Show Up
Aug 12, 2013
091 - Creation vs. Consumption
Aug 05, 2013
090 - Boosting Income by Thinking Small
Aug 02, 2013
089 - Wildly Fluctuating Income
Jul 15, 2013
088 - Perfect is the Enemy of Good
Jul 08, 2013
087 - A Tactic for the Reluctant Spouse
Jul 01, 2013
086 - It's Beginning to Look Halfway Like Christmas
Jun 24, 2013
085 - YNAB for the Freelancer
Jun 18, 2013
084 - Budgeting Late in the Month
Jun 11, 2013
083 - Control
May 20, 2013
082 - The Age of Money
May 13, 2013
081 - Handling Accounts Receivable in YNAB
May 06, 2013
080 - The Idea of Retirement is Really Starting to Bug Me.
Apr 29, 2013
079 - Patience.
Apr 23, 2013
078 - The Black Box of Spending
Apr 15, 2013
077 - Why Roths are Better than Regular IRAs
Apr 08, 2013
076 - Taxes and Timing
Apr 01, 2013
075- How I Tripled My Money in the Stock Market
Mar 25, 2013
074 - Your Kids Need a Budget
Mar 18, 2013
073 - Your Life on a Treadmill
Mar 11, 2013
072 - Sowing Seeds of Money Happiness
Mar 04, 2013
071 - The Key to Reinventing Yourself (Bit by Bit)
Feb 25, 2013
070 - I'm Saving This Money. (For What?!)
Feb 18, 2013
069 - Managing Your Life's Single Biggest Expense
Feb 11, 2013
068 - Budgets are Sexy. An Interview with J. Money.
Feb 04, 2013
067 - Spending Tens of Thousands of Dollars is So Easy
Jan 28, 2013
066 - Big Goals, and Nothing Else Matters
Jan 21, 2013
065 - "YNAB Works" is Here!
Jan 14, 2013
064 - My Financial Life
Jan 07, 2013
063 - The Farmhand Who Slept Through Anything
Dec 31, 2012
062 - Bought a Car, Broke Both My Rules
Dec 24, 2012
061 - Friction.
Dec 17, 2012
060 - No More Harvard Debt! How One Guy Paid of $90k of Debt in Seven Months
Dec 10, 2012
059 - What Will Your Holidays Look Like in 2013?
Dec 04, 2012
058 - I can list all the clothes I own. You?
Nov 26, 2012
057 - When Debt is an Addiction.
Nov 19, 2012
056 - How to Protect Yourself From Identity Theft (in a few minutes)
Nov 12, 2012
055 - You're an Air Traffic Controller
Nov 05, 2012
054 - Your Car is a Wealth Sucking Parasite.
Oct 29, 2012
053 - A Behind the Scenes Look at How YNAB Started, and Where We're Headed
Oct 22, 2012
052 - An Interview with Jon Stein of Betterment--You CAN Invest!
Oct 15, 2012
051 - Quality, and the Law of the Harvest
Oct 08, 2012
050 - A Startling Statistic Strikes Fear in My Heart. You?
Oct 01, 2012
049 - The New Retirement. An Interview with Todd Tressider of FinancialMentor.com
Sep 24, 2012
048 - Achieving Money Zen. An Interview with Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net
Sep 17, 2012
047 - How Much Money Does it Take to Be Happy?
Sep 10, 2012
46 - You're Never Really Saving Money...
Sep 03, 2012
045 - Get Organized with Jill Pollack!
Aug 27, 2012
044 - Taking Care of Your Family, No Matter What
Aug 22, 2012
043 - Why Aren't You Getting Ahead?
Aug 20, 2012
042 - Interview with Dan Miller on Careers, Goals & Passion
Aug 13, 2012
041 - Credit Card Pros and Cons
Aug 06, 2012
040 - Success Story: Motivational Speaker Gets Motivated by YNAB
Jul 30, 2012
039 - When a Spouse isn't On Board
Jul 23, 2012
038 - The Most Important Number in Retirement
Jul 16, 2012
037 - What IS YNAB Anyway?
Jul 02, 2012
036 - YNAB 4 is Here. But it's Not Why YNAB Works
Jun 25, 2012
035 - Unexpected Slowdowns & Water Shortages
Jun 18, 2012
034 - Success Story: Debt Free and Loving It
Jun 11, 2012
033 - A Week in the Wilderness
Jun 04, 2012
032 - How I Paid Off My Mortgage Before I Turned 30
May 28, 2012
031 - Success Story: Where There's a Will...
May 21, 2012
030 - Trends in Finance (Look Out!)
May 14, 2012
029 - So..Should You Start Over?
May 07, 2012
028 - Are You a Budget Failure?
Apr 30, 2012
027 - What Does the Ideal Budget Look Like?
Apr 23, 2012
026 - Backpacking and Rationing
Apr 16, 2012
025 - Success Story - Bible Study Group
Apr 09, 2012
024 - The Disaster Effect
Apr 02, 2012
023 - Reality and Unleashing Your Will
Mar 26, 2012
022 - YNAB for Your Business?
Mar 19, 2012
021 - Your Budget Boiling Point
Mar 12, 2012
020 - Success Story- Musicians Rock with YNAB
Mar 05, 2012
019 - Halftime Adjustments
Feb 27, 2012
018 - Too Poor To Budget
Feb 20, 2012
017 - The Debt Snowflake
Feb 13, 2012
016 - The Double-Edged Sword of Automation
Feb 06, 2012
015 - Ignoring Life's Biggest Expense is Folly
Jan 30, 2012
014 - Success Story: From Doing Fine to Awesome
Jan 23, 2012
013 - An Interview with Baker from ManVsDebt.com
Jan 16, 2012
012 - An Interview with Carl Richards, Author of "The Behavior Gap"
Jan 09, 2012
011 - A New Year's Crash Course
Jan 02, 2012
010 - YNAB Gets a New Site Design!
Dec 26, 2011
009 - Success Story: a Quicken Junkie Convert!
Dec 19, 2011
008 - 3 Tiny Habits, Big Takeaways
Dec 12, 2011
007 - Christmas, Weak Reports, the Best Report of All
Dec 05, 2011
006 - The Budget and Slow Suffocation
Nov 28, 2011
005 - Success Story: a Cut in Salary, and Freelancing
Nov 21, 2011
Episode 004 - Lavish Spending (on Purpose)
Nov 14, 2011
Episode 003 - The Power of Rule Two (Plus Rule One)
Nov 07, 2011
Episode 002 - Setting and Achieving Mini Financial Goals (Budgeting)
Oct 31, 2011
Episode 001 - Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck
Oct 24, 2011