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Budget Nerds

Personal finance experts Ben and Ernie nerd out about all things YNAB to help you get good at money. They share helpful money tips, reflect on their own YNAB journeys, and celebrate your YNAB wins.

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#41 - Getting Nerdy with Groceries: Tips to Trim Your Budget Jun 01, 2022

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If you haven't noticed it you might actually live under a rock -- groceries have gotten expensive these days! Inflation has crept into nearly every crevice of the economy, but food prices in particular have risen drastically. If anyone's up to the task of managing the budget with high food prices, it's budget nerds, and in today's episode Ben and Ernie share their strategies for keeping your grocery category under control.

One key takeaway -- it's OK to spend a lot of money on groceries! Health and nutrition are important, and many people choose to buy the best food they can afford, and consequently allocate a large portion of their budget to groceries. There's nothing wrong with that approach! YNAB is all about helping you spend your dollars according to your values, and healthy, high quality food can be one of your values too.

#40 - Q&A #3: Letting Kids Look at the Budget, How Many Categories Is Too Many, and More! May 18, 2022

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Ben returns to the show (with a very cute baby) and he and Ernie answer viewer-submitted questions.

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#39 - Getting Nerdy with Investments in YNAB with Matthew Amster-Burton May 04, 2022

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Did you know you can use YNAB to track your investments too? Former investment advisor and current YNAB team member Matthew Amster-Burton joins the show to talk about how he uses YNAB to get real nerdy with his investment accounts.

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#38 - 73 Questions with Jesse Mecham Apr 20, 2022

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While Ben is out on paternity leave, Ernie invites Jesse Mecham -- the founder of YNAB and therefore the ultimate budget nerd -- onto the show to answer 73 questions about life, budgeting, and whether or not Jesse will ever fix his golf swing.

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#37 - Houses on a Budget: Buying, Renovating, Mortgages, and More with Erin Apr 06, 2022

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Erin Lowell, a lead educator at You Need A Budget, joins the show to replace Ben.... just kidding, Ben is irreplaceable! But while he's out on paternity leave, Ernie is hosting the show with guests.

Erin has a LOT of experience budgeting, and a fair amount of experience buying and renovating houses, so she shares a recent experience buying a beautiful old home on a 15-year mortgage and renovating the kitchen on a budget, while managing the stresses of moving and being without a place to cook.

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#36 - The Debt Question... Snowball or Avalanche? Mar 23, 2022

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Spend a little time with budgeters working hard to pay off debt and you'll hear the question: should you use the snowball method or the avalanche method to pay off debt? Though there are fierce proponents of both methods, Ben and Ernie say... why not both?

Ben shares his hot take on this controversial question, and they discuss a third method for paying off debt: the anger method!

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#35 - Confessions of a Budget Nerd Mar 09, 2022

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Ben and Ernie confess their deepest, darkest budgeting habits in this episode, and share some confessions from listeners.

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#34 - Category Structures Feb 23, 2022

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YNAB is a very powerful and flexible tool, allowing you many ways to build and organize your budget. Unfortunately, that means for some people it can be overwhelming when you first start! Ben and Ernie remind us that the budget should reflect how YOU see your life -- your values and your priorities -- and once you start viewing the budget in this way, your categories will follow.

Links:

'Share Your Categories' Reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/ynab/comments/skem1f/meta_share_your_categories_fortnightly_thread_for/
Budgeting Together https://www.youneedabudget.com/budgeting-together/

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#33 - Reconciliation Routines Feb 09, 2022

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Break out your checkbooks and flip to the transaction registry, it's time to reconcile your account! Wait, no, never mind -- who even uses a checkbook these days? Well, reconciliation is a word that starts glaze over many people's eyes, but it's actually a powerful tool for budgeting, and it doesn't have to be tedious or boring! Ernie even reconciles in the bathtub!

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And a meme for good measure: https://www.facebook.com/iYNAB/photos/a.10150124831278703/10159139651953703

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Budget Nerds Are Coming To Podcast Land! Jan 12, 2022

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