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New to organizing your finances (or maybe new to YNAB?) Pop the bubbly, you’re here! Check out the most popular posts about how to be a better money manager.
New to organizing your finances (or maybe new to YNAB?) Pop the bubbly, you’re here! Check out the most popular posts about how to be a better money manager.
Learn the whys and hows of money management

New to YNAB? Start Here!
Learn how to use the YNAB Method, give every dollar a job, and set up your first categories with beginner videos and guides.
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We’re a Spendfulness App Now. We Always Were.
It doesn’t feel like we made up spendfulness, it feels like we found it. Dan breaks down what it means for you (spoiler: a life well spent).

Top 10 Frequently Asked YNAB Questions
You've got questions, we've got answers. Here are the 10 most frequently asked questions from new YNABers.
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Of Bench Pressing And Budgeting...
Today, I want to talk, just briefly, about bench pressing and budgeting. I bring up bench pressing, not because it's the most useful lift; it's not. (Everyone knows that's the squat.) But the bench press is the most popular, especially if you're a high school boy.
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The Most Boring, Perfect, Real-Life Success Story Ever
Financial awakenings come in all shapes and sizes. For Melissa Wiley, a 29-year-old federal employee, living in Washington, D.C., it was a broken A/C unit. On the surface, Melissa had it all together. She owned her own place. She always checked her bank balance before purchasing anything.
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Beware Rapidly Changing Priorities (aka Black Friday)
You, yes, you, always need a budget, but I find it especially important on Black Friday. Whether or not you partake in the madness that is Black Friday, I hope you’ll think about the real danger behind the frenzy: your rapidly changing priorities.
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How to Handle Overspending
We try not to play favorites, but if we had a favorite rule, let’s just say Rule Three: Roll With the Punches, would be a front-runner. And we talk a lot about “Rolling with the Punches,” but today we want to talk about exactly what you can do to address overspending.
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Planning vs. Forecasting When Budgeting
Budgeting and forecasting are not created equal. Budgeting is planning how you will use money that you have on-hand. Forecasting is planning how you will spend money you think you will have—you hope you will have—in the future. As a result, budgeting tends to be more realistic.
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