Trying to decide if I should continue after trial
Hi. I'm new and have to decide by Monday whether or not to continue after the trial. I like YNAB and my daughter in law LOVES it. She helps me when I can't figure out how to do things. I have read...
View Articlecan i start over and keep a copy of my current budget?
I have been using YNAB since November, but I set it up in a weird way that I need to change. I followed only some of the YNAB rules and now I know why they're there. I want to start over, but I want to...
View ArticleChallenge - come declutter with me!
I'm posting this in the hope that lots of you want to declutter or have ideas how to and actually make some money out of it! At the very least I'm hoping to get a conversation going on the topic. I...
View ArticleCorrect way to handle line of credit transfers to checking account
Here's my scenario. I have a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) account and a checking account, both of which are On-budget accounts. I transfered $1500 from the HELOC account to the checking account...
View Article2015: Build a Wardrobe Challenge
I seem to have the opposite problem that most of the other threads I've read in here have: I hate shopping for clothes. I don't have a wardrobe, I have a mish-mash of old hand-me-downs, clothing swap...
View ArticleDecluttering Tips for Each Other?
Does anyone have decluttering tips/ideas that have been useful to you?I am in the midst of decluttering, and could use some tips, and/or different ways of thinking.
View ArticleChallenge - no soda/pop/coke in August
I want to stop drinking soda/pop/coke, even if it's provided free of charge by my workplace (an EXCELLENT benefit except it slops over into my outside life and I don't have a Fizzy Things category)....
View ArticleThe Official 2015 Debt Smackdown
Hey YNABers! I've been waiting for a Debt Smackdown challenge for 2015, so I decided to start it myself! @Budget_Ninja gave me kind permission to borrow and modify his Savings spreadsheet, so I will...
View Article2015: The Official Savings Challenge
We're back for another year! The 2015 Savings Challenge.The intent of this challenge is to help motivate you to meet your savings goal(s) for 2015. Not sure if you're a good fit for this challenge?...
View ArticleWhen I purchased had to put in key for all computers? (not sure)
I'm not sure if this is the issue, but when I purchased YNAB, I didn't use my secondary laptop for a while. A couple of weeks later I had to get the key for that one and activate or reactivate. I'm...
View ArticleMultiple users
Hello, My 80 year old father-in-law is starting to need help with his daily finances. He has asked for my help as he knows I am an avid budgeter! I would like to be able to set him up on my desktop but...
View ArticleMoving money???
Can't figure out how to move money from one budgeted area to another one. I have like $4 in, lets say my grocery area, and I want to move it to my savings. I know how to put it into a budgeted area...
View ArticleHow to spend account balance forward
Before I started using YNAB I already had been saving money in my savings account for travel and for a remodel project, so I came in with a chunky account balance forward my first month. I just got...
View ArticleHelp--reconciling made a mess of my budget!
I actually made the mess, I know. Here's the problem.I have been using YNAB for about 7 months. We put almost everything on a credit card and pay it off every month. I learned too late about...
View ArticleConvince Husband that Credit Card Float is BAD?!
I guess what this comes down to is I have to somehow convince my husband that living on next month's income is GOOD. Currently, we are doing the opposite. We're living on next month's income via the...
View ArticleDeleting an account
Newbie here folks!! Have added on "account" that i now want to delete. Can anyone help please? cheers
View ArticleMistake to delete 'hidden categories'
In an attempt to clean up my budget page, I deleted 'hidden categories' that were long since over with. I did not realize that would remove those categories from transactions that had happened in the...
View Articlein Budget only one month
so now (for no known reason) only one month appears on the screen instead of two months (the previous & the current one)Please take a look & tell me how to get September AND October on the...
View ArticlePC & no Quicken
my friend has a PC, no Quicken but has basic excel & cannot update it. how does she 'download' & import transactions? I have Quicken & & can't can't help her....
View ArticleHow to deal with a transfer to an external account
Hi, I borrowed $10,000 from the bank, which was then paid in to MY budget account as an Inflow and assigned to the category "Income for October". The money was to help our daughter fix her old car and...
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