Category: Spendfulness
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It’s all about spending
I’m on the Book Launch Team for YNAB founder Jesse Mecham’s new book (due out in less than two weeks!), Never Worry About Money Again. This book is a quick read and offers laser clarity on the principles behind YNAB. I’m excited for it to be a new introduction to the YNAB method for new…
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A tale of two poop bags
I have a wonderful standard poodle named Bix. He’s the fifth standard poodle we’ve had over the last 34 years. We live in a city and take twice-daily walks, as we have with all our dogs. Needless to say, I know something about poop bags. For years I’ve used the DOOG pick-up bags, which come…
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Living a spendful life
YNAB describes itself as a spendfulness app. It coined the term “spendfulness,” which it introduced in December 2024. Ordinarily, I bristle at invented words. But in this case, spendfulness resonated with me immediately. So I’m all in. (My testimonial is even included on this spendfulness page.) Here’s YNAB’s definition: Spendfulness is the alignment between how…
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Does your spending plan tell your story?
In my YNAB coaching training (or perhaps it was at the YNAB Fan Fest) I heard someone suggest that an individual YNAB user’s spending plan ought to reveal something about the user. I love the idea that I can tell what my priorities are (or what a coaching client’s priorities are) by glancing at a…
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No more second guessing
I attended the YNAB Fan Fest in San Diego over the weekend. It was so much fun to be in a big room with people who are as nuts about YNAB as I am. The YNAB staffers were amazing and it’s so clear that the company culture is all about having fun while changing the…
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Tracking hobby spending
Sometimes I think the most fun part of starting a new hobby is acquiring all the things you need to do the hobby. At least that was the case for me when I started knitting 20 years ago. Or coloring ten years ago, which morphed into hand lettering seven years ago and became Bullet Journaling…
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Introducing Peace of Mind Spending
Last week, YNAB made a big announcement. They revamped the way they’re teaching YNAB. Gone are The Four Rules. Only Rule One, Give Every Dollar A Job, was retained and it is now the whole method. Give Every Dollar a Job is now backed up by five carefully thought out questions. If this is the…
