Does my budget fit my values?
Hi everyone. Annie here. So I’ve been thinking about values lately… I like to think of myself as more green than not (it’s a broad spectrum, for sure). I fancy myself a bit of a conservationist,...
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Hey YNABers! Annie here. A couple of years ago I was dealing with some health issues that kept me from doing my own yard work (we have an extensively landscaped yard which can get annoying). While I...
View ArticleContentment Saves Money
So let me just come out and say it…I love food. I love cooking and baking. I love great ingredients. I eat too much pasta and rice, and I eat for taste more than hunger. There. Now you know....
View ArticleLiving Simply
Annie here, checking in from Europe! Right now I’m sitting on a train headed to Vienna from Prague and loving it. As a side note, one of the ways we save on vacations is that I piggy-back on my...
View ArticleA Vacation (From Our Budget?)
It’s that time of year when backpacks gather dust, popsicles become an acceptable breakfast choice and the sun blazes through our shutters no later than 5:30 in the morning. You got it—summer!...
View ArticleDon’t Be Scared of Reality
As I said, we were in Europe for two weeks and got back on Thursday. And as Christy put it so well, vacation budgeting can be quite a challenge. I (Annie) am working on frugal vacationing (a post soon...
View ArticleOn Contentment and Possessions and Airbnb
So I have what you call “the travel bug”. I love it. I don’t see it as extravagant or indulgent because it’s a huge value of mine since it has changed me so much by adding such value to my life and the...
View ArticleMoving From Consumption To Production
My husband and I try to be pretty intentional about goal-setting and whatnot, so back in June we got to thinking about how we could cut expenses across the board and have a cheaper lifestyle overall....
View ArticlePimp my ($170 Schwinn) Ride!
Hey YNAB community! Jeremy here, and I’m kicking myself for not remembering to share this early in the summer, but it’s better late than never. Years ago, I lived 1.6 miles away from where I worked. I...
View ArticleLocation, Location, Location is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong.
I likely have the attention of the Realtors :) If you wrote to YNAB Support this past week, you were likely greeted with an automatic reply where we explained that our response time would not be its...
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