Doom-spending isn’t going to make you feel better. Here’s why you should still be saving for the future, even if you think it’s hopeless.
Tag Archives: money mindset
YNAB More Money Challenge: Final Results!
We’ve officially finished YNAB’S 30 Day More Money Challenge and the results are in! When we started this challenge we set the goal of saving $1,000. Did we make it?
YNAB More Money Challenge – 2 Week Check-In and Savings Update
Two weeks into YNAB’s More Money Challenge, I’ve been surprised to learn that I was tempted to make small purchases more than Cassie.
A Financial Reset After the Expensive Holiday Months: YNAB’s 30-Day More Money Challenge
I’ve been an avid YNAB user for a few years now, but have never actually done their 30 Day More Money Challenge. After what seemed like constant spending over the holiday months I thought that now would be the perfect time to print out the workbook and try it out.
A Useful Approach to Setting and Making Progress on Your New Year’s Goals
Given that when the clock strikes midnight, we’re not likely to become a completely different person, it’s important to make your goals or intentions realistic, sustainable, and relevant to your actual priorities in order to give you the greatest chance of success in the long term.
3 Things Budgeting Taught Me About Time Management
When I started budgeting, I also started learning a new way to think about time management. Here are three lessons I learned.
Motivate Yourself to Reach Your Money (and Life) Goals with These 6 Tips
Working toward your financial goals can feel too overwhelming (or downright scary to even begin) so instead, you keep ignoring it.
Here’s How You Can Transform Your Relationship with Money in 10 Minutes Each Day
You can become proficient in something by spending five minutes each day on it, and just like interest, that knowledge will compound.
Well, I’m Not Actually on a Budget. Instead, I Ask Myself These 4 Questions Before I Buy Anything
These questions help keep my spending well within my “budget” and they make me way less stressed.
A Little Backstory: Me, My Wife, and Our Money
Cassie and my relationship with money hasn’t always been the smoothest. In fact, at the beginning, it was a bit of a roller-coaster.
Butch On a Budget 