Your First Month Will End In Confusion, and Why That's OK

Budgeting For Budget Haters

Class Overview

Why Should You Trust Me? (1:31)
What You'll Learn In This Course (1:10)
Why You're Overwhelmed (2:19)
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (6:14)
Why You Need a Budget (1:58)
The Lies You're Telling Yourself About Budgeting (4:05)
Section Wrap-up (1:02)

Section 1: Laying The Foundation

Open Up Your File Cabinet (3:30)
How to Talk Money With Your Honey (5:57)
Where Are You Going? (2:54)
What Would You Do If Money Wasn't an Issue?
Setting SMART Financial Goals (3:47)
Using The Financial Goals Worksheet (9:02)
Think About Your Money (1:53)
Review Your Spending (2:38)
Using The Personal Income Statement Worksheet (8:20)
Bills, Bills, Bills (2:25)
Who Do You Owe and How Much Do You Owe Them? (0:57)
Using The Debt Worksheet (7:34)
What You Own Minus What You Owe (2:38)
Your Debt Elimination Plan (3:06)
Section Wrap-up (0:49)

Section 2: Start Big - Create an Annual Budget

Why You Need To Create an Annual Budget First (4:42)
Setting Up The Annual Budget and Adding Your Income (12:55)
Adding Your Monthly Bills (7:42)
Adding Your Monthly Debt Payments (7:25)
Adding Your Periodic Bills and Expenses (17:39)
Adding Your Monthly Discretionary Expenses (14:53)
Making Adjustments (If You Have Debt Payments) (22:48)
Making Adjustments (If You're Out of Debt) (18:20)
Did You Budget In The Fun Stuff? (2:07)
Maximizing Funds Available For Savings/Debt (1:35)
Section Wrap-up (1:08)

Section 3: Building Your Monthly Budget

Why You Need to Budget Every Single Month (1:50)
Where to Keep Track of Your Budget (1:52)
Creating Your YNAB Account (12:51)
Adding and Linking Your Accounts (11:40)
Creating Your Budget Categories (15:57)
Using Goals and Scheduled Transactions (12:01)
Budgeting Your Initial Funds (17:47)
Adding Transactions, Adjusting Your Budget, and More (61:04)
End of Month Adjustments - Extra Money to Debt Payments (12:42)
End of Month Adjustments - Extra Money to Savings Goals (10:37)
Creating Your Budget in Excel (5:56)
Section Wrap-up (0:34)

Section 4: Tweaking Your Budget

Section 5: Special Budgeting Topics

How to Stop Overdrafting Your Account and/or Floating Expenses on Your Credit Card (7:54)
Using Credit Cards While In Debt (2:35)
When Having Too Many Accounts Can Hurt You (2:22)
Budgeting With a Variable Income (4:11)
Cash Envelope System (2:37)
Dealing With an Uncooperative Spouse (2:47)
Maintaining Separate Accounts in a Relationship (3:18)
Section Wrap-up (1:16)

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