Love the bloopers and the fact that you can laugh at your mistakes. This is my first month using your method. I am excited and nervous at the same time! Thank you for all you do you bring budgeting into my life!
Each week I get $5 cash back in my grocery shopping and put it in a jar. I do not track until I pull it out because I don’t want to know that money is sitting there. At the end of the year I have a good amount towards my Christmas fund.
I definitely suggest consistently rolling over your kitty envelope every month. Me and my mom use your cash envelope system, and, since I'm a minor, my mom had the pet fund for my cat. My cat got sick and had multiple problems that needed to be dealt with. We went to the vet and ended up dropping $180 on treatment, and my mom had only been saving for a few months $20 each month. We only had $60 in our pet fund at the time, and we ended up using most of our grocery money on her because we weren't prepared. That took a huge hit on us, so if you want to be safe I would suggest rolling it over.
I’m soooo excited about the instant pot challenge!! I’ve been checking all your social media for any info. I just got an instant pot for Christmas and haven’t even opened the box! But I’m super excited to use it and do your challenge 😀
Thank you so much for making saving fun, colorful, creative, and girly. I have your workbook, doing the monthly challenges, and am back on track. Will be out of debt by June at the latest. Then working on a full emergency savings and sinking funds. You are the best! Thanks also for the acknowledgment of debtfreecharts, I’ve been wanting those.
I joined your savings challenge and now I have discovered your YT channel. I just want to say I am loving it! To get budget and savings ideas from a mom like me is priceless. I have been following plans by men and it just hasn’t worked out but listening to what you do as a mom is refreshing. Thanks! I can’t wait to continue on this financial journey
I found your channel by fluke. I am a single mother with one child still at home. I have a wonderful job, but I am living pay check to pay check (and I find there times when I just don't have anything). I am finding your methods very helpful and once I figure out exactly how to get started. Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us.
When you go over your grocery list on Sunday to prepare for the insta pot challenge , can you maybe post that video so we can get prepared with you? Just an idea! Think we’re all excited for the challenge. ☺️
I agree... its very cute and colorful and organized....but the amount of time it must take to write and color and keep track of all the crazy challenges feels exhausting. I can hardly do a basic excel sheet bugdet and input throughout the month.
You can just make these trackers in an Excel book and do away with the paper but the paper does keep it more tangible and in the front of your mind. It's easy to get behind with Excel sheets.
I got busy and stopped watching alot of youtube...thia is my first time checking in on you since near whwn you were foing to release your budget planner. Ita so amazing. I usually do a ha written budget in a nice lined book but thai ia worth paying for 100% I love e the brand ypure building this has seriously all been executed so well. Great job!
Starting out the cash envelope system and your channel is the first that I’ve seen that goes into great detail ! Thank you! I’m subscribing ! Looking forward to more of your videos
I was totally about to get the cash sticky notes because they're so convenient but the shipping was going to cost the same amount as the actual notes so I had to pass. I have been handing them my note on the back of old grocery lists or whatever scraps of paper I have and then toss. They are *very* cute though!
Thanks for sharing this information with your community! Since budgeting allows you to create a spending plan for your money, it ensures that you will always have enough money for the things you need and the things that are important to you.
I don't know if you have considered this, but just a bit of advice from someone who has been in veterinary field for way too long. If pet insurance is not a good fit for you, because some people can't justify the monthly bill, I would recommend an emergency fund for Kitty. Pet emergency funds are a great idea in general, but especially for kitties because they tend to be incredibly stoic until they are extremely sick and at that point it's quite an investment to diagnose and treat. I'm talking blood work, x-rays, ultrasounds, you name it. So that money left over each month would be really advantageous for future care especially since most vets require payment up front, don't have payment plans, and the closest thing they do take to a payment plan is Care Credit (which is a credit card for interest free repayment periods). Just my two cents because I've seen too many sick furbabies leave because owners couldn't pay and vets have to keep their businesses afloat.
Gingerknitter how much would you recommend having saved up on average? I save for my cat’s monthly expenses but I never thought about an emergency fund for him.
@@maggiem1404 I'm not an expert at all so I'll try to answer this the best I can. I think this number is very personal. To put it bluntly, there are people who would drop 15K on their animal to save it and others may not be able to do more than 2K or less because that's all they can afford or because "it's just an animal." If you've got money rolling over and can afford it, saving the leftovers can put you miles ahead in case of an emergency. Speaking for the prices in my area, which may be different for yours, annual wellness can be around $100-200, an average emergency for many general practices can cost $1000+ per day, an emergency clinic after hours can be 2-3K+, and specialists can be minimum $500 and up. For me, I have Care Credit as a back up in case I need it, but if I had an emergency fund I personally would have 5K (I have one cat, two dogs, and a snake). The hard thing too is that many general practitioners are no longer the jack of all trades and many refer out to specialists if the problem is not readily obvious or treatable. I have found over 15 years that more and more referrals are being made for internal medicine, cardiology, and surgery. So that's hard on clients since you have to pay upfront for everything with pets.
That was good. I've never managed to get through a video of the full budget overview but the change made to the BBP form just made much more sense to me now. Thx to TBM.
Wondering if you can help me with a question: how much ahead do you recommend to write your monthly budget? I know that you post your monthly planning videos the beginning of each month but do you do it weeks ahead? Just curious
Hi Miko! Quick question: I am using my new BBP Workbook and looking at this video for reference. I notice you don’t have any cents/change on your bills; they are just whole numbers. Are you rounding up when you pay your bills? Or do you create your budget with whole numbers only, and if so, where does the change go? I hope this makes sense! LoL. Thanks for the great videos...I’m excited to start this new system! 🙏🏾❤️
For your kitty’s litter box, I highly recommend pelletized pine horse bedding from Tractor Supply or a feed store. It’s much cheaper than regular kitty litter. Also the Tidy Cat Breeze litter box system. There’s an excellent video on TH-cam about using this system. You can find it by searching pelletized litter box or Tidy Cat Breeze. I’m not sponsored by either brand, just after taking in a stray who produced 6 kittens, I was desperate for a litter solution. The pine smells great, too.
I like the idea of the $5 daily challenge and that was part of my financial vision for 2020. But I am glad I had watches this video. Now I am motivated to start this challenge.
I’ve been watching you since last year and have been wanting to start your method, but I’m waiting to get a steady income before I do. So, hopefully soon I’ll be able to start and get rid of debt so that I can save!!!
I loved your lash extensions, Mike, but honestly you are so beautiful naturally and your natural lashes are beautiful, as well!! Budget AND "Booty" (ha ha ha) win!
Make sure besides food and litter you factor in yearly vet visits for shots, etc as well as maybe a kitty emergency fund - I was very happy when I had that money already saved come annual checkup time! If you call your vet they should be able to tell you about how much it would be.
My kids have a 529 plan as well here in Arizona. We finally got the rate of return on it and it’s 3%. Basically inflation. Which means my kids money is standing in place but not getting ahead. So we started a Betterment account and started saving for college there, we’ve made more money there. If your kid is more then 10 years away from college I would throw a couple thousand into a 529 for the tax savings and then everything else in the stock market. Just a suggestion.
Hello! Love your videos! Doing cash envelopes for the first time EVER this month and have a question. If you take out “shopping” cash as your budget, but then buy something on amazon and use your debit card, do you take cash from your envelope and deposit it back into your checking acct to cover that? That’s what i was figuring, however if you have a better way, let me know! Thanks so much!
Love your videos! 💕Just a quick question about the $5 challenge... while you where stuffing the envelopes there was a $5 bill. Does that just go directly to the savings jar then? Would you just adapt to $5 less in the envelope?
I bumped into your video like 2 months ago and your budgeting method got me. I started this month hoping that it'll help me save for the future, or at least not getting broke until the new paycheck comes. Lol. Much love from the PH. 🇵🇭
So I've heard of the cash envelopes and I totally get the point of why they are great to do. However, I'm confused about the actual application of them. I have 3 kids. Say I go to Target to buy groceries, cleaning supplies, personal care items, and an outfit for my kids. Do I separate all the items at checkout and do 4 separate transactions? That sounds stressful.
I do, yes. You can definitely choose to categorize your expenses differently if it would help you :-) For example, you can combine your cleaning supplies, personal care supplies, and food into a "grocery store" category
I decided to open up several different bank accounts and use those as "envelopes" automatically for the larger "goals..." and I am going to start carrying envelopes around but put no money in them just subtract the amount alloted by tracking the receipts instead of cash
Does your renters/homeowners insurance cover you having that much cash on hand? For example, if my house burned down today, my renters insurance would only cover $200 in lost "cash." If I had $1000 in envelopes like this, I would just be out $800 in case of a fire or some other loss because my insurance doesn't cover the loss of that much physical money. Do you use the envelopes on a monthly basis, then take the cash to the bank at the end of the month?
Love all of this! So with the cash envelopes, do you track the spending on the tracker that's inside your envelope as well as track that same transaction on your expense traccker in the workbook?? Do you just copy it into the workbook at home each day what you spend in cash from your envelopes?
ForeverJamz Yes. She has an article on her website that talks about how she does it. Basically she updates the spending every night in her tracker (and highlights her categories) so that she can just total it all at the end of the month.
Does anyone remember how much that clear jar was on Amazon originally? Now that they're sold out (until 1/13/20), the seller is now charging $32.99 (which I want to say is almost triple what she paid) and is saying that it's now a thicker material to justify the increase. However, the seller is using the original listing/pictures and the description makes no mention that it's new and improved.
I’m a little bit confused about being able to do these little challenges like a $5 challenge. Personally, I set up my budgets for each category that is not fixed in a way where I give myself a cushion of about $10-$15. So for example, a goal for a category might be to spend $30 in a week on it, so I may budget $40 for a bit of a cushion. To be able to consistently do a challenge like saving every $5 bill would be a nightmare for me because I already keep my budget for each category close to the minimum I’m able to comfortably spend on it. If it goes lower by $10 I would be very stressed and not get what I need. So wouldn’t this mean that being able to do a $5 savings challenge fairly comfortably it means thats youre budgeting too much for those categories (since youre able to consistently remove $10+ from them and be perfectly fine)?
Sana Shakir you could do a spending freeze (Jordan Page from FunCheapOrFree here on TH-cam) could help you save money quickly and you could use that Money for the $5 challenge. She also has great Ideas in shelf cooking (with Stuff you already have in your pantry, fridge or freezer) and just buying the absolute necessities. Hope those tips help you to save the amount you want to save 😊
Hey thanks for your videos. I have a question as far as your five dollar challenge. So as you're going through stuff in your envelopes and you come across your $5 would you take that out then and subtract that from your envelope or if you had that 5 left over during the month take it out then?
I’m seeing a lot of questions, but no answers. Kind of discouraging to a new subscriber, but I’ll ask anyway... How would you go about budgeting by paycheck when one person gets paid biweekly, and the other weekly?
Brandi Castle hi! I get paid weekly and I basically write out all my expenses for the week and I divide my monthly payment by 4 weeks to get the exact amount I need to pull from each weekly check to pay for that bill. My car bill is $303 a month so each Friday I pay $75 each week (I usually round up to $80-$85 to add a little extra). I like doing it that way because it makes paying large bills easier with my weekly income.
Sorry! I got behind on answering these comments :-) If you and your spouse share finances, then you would create a budget each paycheck and fill out a paycheck bill tracker. On the weeks that you both get paid, you can combine paychecks (hold onto the first paycheck until the other one comes) and only fill out one paycheck bill tracker that week.
$5 challenge I never keep Cash on me 🤷🏼♀️ like never so cash envelopes would never work- I also would not keep that much cash in the house and omg this stresses me the hell out
I have found using cash helps in saving because you can "See" the money you spend daily. Especially when each cash envelope empties out. Cards you get back and you dont "feel" the loss.
Damn $6k for disney land??? I went to europe in 2018 for a month for that :o (I really wish Aus had a disney land though). Im doing a $5k challenge for the year, on top of the 18% i already save. Fingers crossed!! I want to go to Japan late this year/early next year :D
You could probably make your own in Excel/photo shop? Or even word you could probably do it if you made the picture first, then set is as background and put a table over the top, just might not look as pretty.
I was thinking the same thing. Yikes! I live in a safe neighborhood/town but i don't like to have any money in the house. That would make me too nervous.
The only concern is that now with Covid ppl are not using cash anymore...can you think of a fun way to do this without cash? I will be doing the same! Thanks
I'm trying to think ...how would I do this without cash? Maybe just everytime I purchase something pretend as if I used cash and push $5 into my savings account? Yea that sounds like a plan.
That was one of my questions! Do you separate the transactions or just transfer the money from one envelope to the other? I suppose that could work if you have the right denominations.
June for the Live Rich Planners, and the next launch for the Budget by Paycheck Workbook's is in October, and until then the downloadable version is available!
video request on where your coins go at the end of each pay period cause when I document my with drawls and deposits the numbers are different from my planner compared to my checking account. itll be off by a few dollars and cent amount :) I mean I know its in my coin jar/bank butttt id like to see how you deal with your coins. coin video will be awesome and something different on your channel :)
marissa mack she’s said in a previous video that she put all of her change in a jar and deposits it at the end of the year. I plan on doing the same thing, so I just round my transactions to the nearest dollar and throw all my change in the jar. I think you can then track it as “income” at the end of the year when you cash it out.
I keep them in envelopes at home in a safe place, and the bigger sinking funds such as car maintenance and vacation I have a savings account through my credit union.
The Live Rich Planner launches in June, and the physical version of the workbook will launch in October. Until then, the downloadable version of the Workbook is available :-)
The Budget Mom ahhhhhh I’m so excited. I’d love to get my hands on either the planner or workbook or maybe even BOTH. 😍 i am doing the savings challenge right and still getting a hang of budgeting!
I have been waiting for the printed budget book, do we know when you are printing more. I bought the download last year and I don't like it as much. Thanks.
Love the bloopers and the fact that you can laugh at your mistakes. This is my first month using your method. I am excited and nervous at the same time! Thank you for all you do you bring budgeting into my life!
Tasha Quiroz remember that it can take 3 to 4 months to get your budget tweaked.
@@deana6633 I plan on trying as hard as I can to give this as much time as necessary for it to become a habit!!! I need this change to happen!!!
Each week I get $5 cash back in my grocery shopping and put it in a jar. I do not track until I pull it out because I don’t want to know that money is sitting there. At the end of the year I have a good amount towards my Christmas fund.
I definitely suggest consistently rolling over your kitty envelope every month. Me and my mom use your cash envelope system, and, since I'm a minor, my mom had the pet fund for my cat. My cat got sick and had multiple problems that needed to be dealt with. We went to the vet and ended up dropping $180 on treatment, and my mom had only been saving for a few months $20 each month. We only had $60 in our pet fund at the time, and we ended up using most of our grocery money on her because we weren't prepared. That took a huge hit on us, so if you want to be safe I would suggest rolling it over.
❤️❤️❤️ - Come get you free debt payoff trackers friends!
I love your trackers. Thank you!
Love live love your trackers!!!!!
I just got mine :)
Heidi Nash - Debt Free Charts thank you...I did a few of Baby Step 1&2
I’m soooo excited about the instant pot challenge!! I’ve been checking all your social media for any info. I just got an instant pot for Christmas and haven’t even opened the box! But I’m super excited to use it and do your challenge 😀
Dawn Kulan same!
Polly Dolly has anyone seen a post about it? I’m trying get my meals planned for the week
Thank you so much for making saving fun, colorful, creative, and girly. I have your workbook, doing the monthly challenges, and am back on track. Will be out of debt by June at the latest. Then working on a full emergency savings and sinking funds. You are the best! Thanks also for the acknowledgment of debtfreecharts, I’ve been wanting those.
I joined your savings challenge and now I have discovered your YT channel. I just want to say I am loving it! To get budget and savings ideas from a mom like me is priceless. I have been following plans by men and it just hasn’t worked out but listening to what you do as a mom is refreshing. Thanks! I can’t wait to continue on this financial journey
I love your tattoo on your left bicep! That artwork is so pretty to me.
I found your channel by fluke. I am a single mother with one child still at home. I have a wonderful job, but I am living pay check to pay check (and I find there times when I just don't have anything). I am finding your methods very helpful and once I figure out exactly how to get started. Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us.
❤️ love your videos so much they are very therapeutic to me and make me happy thank you for being you 😊 ❤️
When you go over your grocery list on Sunday to prepare for the insta pot challenge , can you maybe post that video so we can get prepared with you? Just an idea! Think we’re all excited for the challenge. ☺️
I honestly don’t know how anyone could be this organized lol.
Sarah EL-Assi right the struggle
if only i could be half as organized lol
Years of practice!!
I agree... its very cute and colorful and organized....but the amount of time it must take to write and color and keep track of all the crazy challenges feels exhausting. I can hardly do a basic excel sheet bugdet and input throughout the month.
You can just make these trackers in an Excel book and do away with the paper but the paper does keep it more tangible and in the front of your mind. It's easy to get behind with Excel sheets.
I got busy and stopped watching alot of youtube...thia is my first time checking in on you since near whwn you were foing to release your budget planner. Ita so amazing. I usually do a ha written budget in a nice lined book but thai ia worth paying for 100% I love e the brand ypure building this has seriously all been executed so well. Great job!
Starting out the cash envelope system and your channel is the first that I’ve seen that goes into great detail ! Thank you! I’m subscribing ! Looking forward to more of your videos
I love it. The bloopers at the end was so funny. Your videos are so helpful
I was totally about to get the cash sticky notes because they're so convenient but the shipping was going to cost the same amount as the actual notes so I had to pass. I have been handing them my note on the back of old grocery lists or whatever scraps of paper I have and then toss. They are *very* cute though!
Thanks for sharing this information with your community! Since budgeting allows you to create a spending plan for your money, it ensures that you will always have enough money for the things you need and the things that are important to you.
New year, new budget! 🥳❤️🥳
I don't know if you have considered this, but just a bit of advice from someone who has been in veterinary field for way too long. If pet insurance is not a good fit for you, because some people can't justify the monthly bill, I would recommend an emergency fund for Kitty. Pet emergency funds are a great idea in general, but especially for kitties because they tend to be incredibly stoic until they are extremely sick and at that point it's quite an investment to diagnose and treat. I'm talking blood work, x-rays, ultrasounds, you name it. So that money left over each month would be really advantageous for future care especially since most vets require payment up front, don't have payment plans, and the closest thing they do take to a payment plan is Care Credit (which is a credit card for interest free repayment periods). Just my two cents because I've seen too many sick furbabies leave because owners couldn't pay and vets have to keep their businesses afloat.
Gingerknitter how much would you recommend having saved up on average? I save for my cat’s monthly expenses but I never thought about an emergency fund for him.
@@maggiem1404 I'm not an expert at all so I'll try to answer this the best I can. I think this number is very personal. To put it bluntly, there are people who would drop 15K on their animal to save it and others may not be able to do more than 2K or less because that's all they can afford or because "it's just an animal."
If you've got money rolling over and can afford it, saving the leftovers can put you miles ahead in case of an emergency. Speaking for the prices in my area, which may be different for yours, annual wellness can be around $100-200, an average emergency for many general practices can cost $1000+ per day, an emergency clinic after hours can be 2-3K+, and specialists can be minimum $500 and up. For me, I have Care Credit as a back up in case I need it, but if I had an emergency fund I personally would have 5K (I have one cat, two dogs, and a snake). The hard thing too is that many general practitioners are no longer the jack of all trades and many refer out to specialists if the problem is not readily obvious or treatable. I have found over 15 years that more and more referrals are being made for internal medicine, cardiology, and surgery. So that's hard on clients since you have to pay upfront for everything with pets.
Gingerknitter Thank you! It’s crazy that it’s so expensive but I’ll try to budget 1K first and work my way up to 5K
I bought a little safe from Amazon to keep my cash envelopes in, it makes me feel better.
Robyn Kahle can you link the one you got? I’m considering getting one as well.
That was good. I've never managed to get through a video of the full budget overview but the change made to the BBP form just made much more sense to me now. Thx to TBM.
The peach emoji SENT ME
Wondering if you can help me with a question: how much ahead do you recommend to write your monthly budget? I know that you post your monthly planning videos the beginning of each month but do you do it weeks ahead? Just curious
Hi Miko! Quick question: I am using my new BBP Workbook and looking at this video for reference. I notice you don’t have any cents/change on your bills; they are just whole numbers. Are you rounding up when you pay your bills? Or do you create your budget with whole numbers only, and if so, where does the change go? I hope this makes sense! LoL. Thanks for the great videos...I’m excited to start this new system! 🙏🏾❤️
For my cash spending, I round up and save the change to put towards my sons education fund.
For your kitty’s litter box, I highly recommend pelletized pine horse bedding from Tractor Supply or a feed store. It’s much cheaper than regular kitty litter. Also the Tidy Cat Breeze litter box system. There’s an excellent video on TH-cam about using this system. You can find it by searching pelletized litter box or Tidy Cat Breeze. I’m not sponsored by either brand, just after taking in a stray who produced 6 kittens, I was desperate for a litter solution. The pine smells great, too.
I came across this video the other day, I felt like you help me a lot. I posted your video on my website to help other with 2020 money challenge.
Thank you
I like the idea of the $5 daily challenge and that was part of my financial vision for 2020. But I am glad I had watches this video. Now I am motivated to start this challenge.
I’ve been watching you since last year and have been wanting to start your method, but I’m waiting to get a steady income before I do. So, hopefully soon I’ll be able to start and get rid of debt so that I can save!!!
Natural lashes look much better girl. :)
I agree. She's naturally beautiful and fresh faced. She doesn't need to pay for any extras lol.
I loved your lash extensions, Mike, but honestly you are so beautiful naturally and your natural lashes are beautiful, as well!! Budget AND "Booty" (ha ha ha) win!
Thank you!!!
Hahaha sausage yum! Cracked me up!
Megan Berry just watched that part and bursted out laughing 😂
Love all your videos! I've learned a lot. ❤
Your 2020 year challenge is awesome. I'm excited to see how much I save.
I love u Miko! Life changing ❤😊
I’m excited about the instapot challenge. Just got one for Christmas!
the best video that explains everything...thank you
Make sure besides food and litter you factor in yearly vet visits for shots, etc as well as maybe a kitty emergency fund - I was very happy when I had that money already saved come annual checkup time! If you call your vet they should be able to tell you about how much it would be.
My kids have a 529 plan as well here in Arizona. We finally got the rate of return on it and it’s 3%. Basically inflation. Which means my kids money is standing in place but not getting ahead. So we started a Betterment account and started saving for college there, we’ve made more money there. If your kid is more then 10 years away from college I would throw a couple thousand into a 529 for the tax savings and then everything else in the stock market. Just a suggestion.
Hello! Love your videos! Doing cash envelopes for the first time EVER this month and have a question. If you take out “shopping” cash as your budget, but then buy something on amazon and use your debit card, do you take cash from your envelope and deposit it back into your checking acct to cover that? That’s what i was figuring, however if you have a better way, let me know! Thanks so much!
PencilStash You can! But she uses her checking account cushion for online purchases,
Love your videos! 💕Just a quick question about the $5 challenge... while you where stuffing the envelopes there was a $5 bill. Does that just go directly to the savings jar then? Would you just adapt to $5 less in the envelope?
yes ;)
Girl! You are naturally pretty you don't need any money in a "beauty" envelope. Smile
I bumped into your video like 2 months ago and your budgeting method got me. I started this month hoping that it'll help me save for the future, or at least not getting broke until the new paycheck comes. Lol. Much love from the PH. 🇵🇭
So I've heard of the cash envelopes and I totally get the point of why they are great to do. However, I'm confused about the actual application of them. I have 3 kids. Say I go to Target to buy groceries, cleaning supplies, personal care items, and an outfit for my kids. Do I separate all the items at checkout and do 4 separate transactions? That sounds stressful.
I do, yes. You can definitely choose to categorize your expenses differently if it would help you :-) For example, you can combine your cleaning supplies, personal care supplies, and food into a "grocery store" category
I decided to open up several different bank accounts and use those as "envelopes" automatically for the larger "goals..." and I am going to start carrying envelopes around but put no money in them just subtract the amount alloted by tracking the receipts instead of cash
Does your renters/homeowners insurance cover you having that much cash on hand? For example, if my house burned down today, my renters insurance would only cover $200 in lost "cash." If I had $1000 in envelopes like this, I would just be out $800 in case of a fire or some other loss because my insurance doesn't cover the loss of that much physical money.
Do you use the envelopes on a monthly basis, then take the cash to the bank at the end of the month?
Rhiannon Jaye Schwisow get a fire proof safe.... preferably a safe that can be bolted down
Love all of this! So with the cash envelopes, do you track the spending on the tracker that's inside your envelope as well as track that same transaction on your expense traccker in the workbook?? Do you just copy it into the workbook at home each day what you spend in cash from your envelopes?
ForeverJamz Yes. She has an article on her website that talks about how she does it. Basically she updates the spending every night in her tracker (and highlights her categories) so that she can just total it all at the end of the month.
When might the budget by paycheck binders be back in stock?!
They won’t be until the next launch in october. The printable is available, though.
I did the £5 challenge in 2018 and saved £705! :D
1st comment from France 😁
Bonjour de Normandie 😊
It seems like the filofax link redirects you to a meal planning article
Same problem here too.
Same
Same
I've looked everywhere I cannot find anyting about the filofax?
She did a video on it a while back but that link showed sold out I believe
Really love your worksheets. Are these you personally designed? Are they just available through your site?
When will you be restocking your planner? Need to get a 2020 planner soon but really wanted yours!
The Live Rich Planner launches in June
“Sausage! Yum!” Loved that😂😂😂😂
Hi! I see you have 50 euro in your filofax! Planning on going to Europe? I'm from The Netherlands
Hey what's up with the €50,- bill in your wallet ? haha, love the bloopers!
Great presentation. Picture of Kitty please.
Does anyone remember how much that clear jar was on Amazon originally? Now that they're sold out (until 1/13/20), the seller is now charging $32.99 (which I want to say is almost triple what she paid) and is saying that it's now a thicker material to justify the increase. However, the seller is using the original listing/pictures and the description makes no mention that it's new and improved.
If I were to do the $5 challenge, I definitely wouldn't track it. That ruins the fun of counting it up at the end!
I wouldn't track it either. I feel like that would be a waste of time to track
Teller notes cost as much to ship it as to buy it. I will have to wait till I have more to order, lol.
Mikki Goodman yep, everytime that link is shared it goes to the meal plan
I know!!
I’m a little bit confused about being able to do these little challenges like a $5 challenge. Personally, I set up my budgets for each category that is not fixed in a way where I give myself a cushion of about $10-$15. So for example, a goal for a category might be to spend $30 in a week on it, so I may budget $40 for a bit of a cushion. To be able to consistently do a challenge like saving every $5 bill would be a nightmare for me because I already keep my budget for each category close to the minimum I’m able to comfortably spend on it. If it goes lower by $10 I would be very stressed and not get what I need. So wouldn’t this mean that being able to do a $5 savings challenge fairly comfortably it means thats youre budgeting too much for those categories (since youre able to consistently remove $10+ from them and be perfectly fine)?
Sana Shakir you could do a spending freeze (Jordan Page from FunCheapOrFree here on TH-cam) could help you save money quickly and you could use that Money for the $5 challenge. She also has great Ideas in shelf cooking (with Stuff you already have in your pantry, fridge or freezer) and just buying the absolute necessities. Hope those tips help you to save the amount you want to save 😊
I do weekly spending freezes its exciting 🤣🤣
What kind of label maker did use?
Love your ideas and your channel! 😀
It's a dymo label maker
Hey thanks for your videos. I have a question as far as your five dollar challenge. So as you're going through stuff in your envelopes and you come across your $5 would you take that out then and subtract that from your envelope or if you had that 5 left over during the month take it out then?
Question- do you put in your monthly calendar how much your bill is due or how much you’re going to pay?
Yes, I put the bill on the correct due date as well as the amount due :-)
The sound of 20-20 is driving me crazy!
I love to watch this.
I’m seeing a lot of questions, but no answers. Kind of discouraging to a new subscriber, but I’ll ask anyway...
How would you go about budgeting by paycheck when one person gets paid biweekly, and the other weekly?
Brandi Castle hi!
I get paid weekly and I basically write out all my expenses for the week and I divide my monthly payment by 4 weeks to get the exact amount I need to pull from each weekly check to pay for that bill. My car bill is $303 a month so each Friday I pay $75 each week (I usually round up to $80-$85 to add a little extra). I like doing it that way because it makes paying large bills easier with my weekly income.
Candice Dodd thanks so much!
Sorry! I got behind on answering these comments :-) If you and your spouse share finances, then you would create a budget each paycheck and fill out a paycheck bill tracker. On the weeks that you both get paid, you can combine paychecks (hold onto the first paycheck until the other one comes) and only fill out one paycheck bill tracker that week.
This is a very cool kit.
Hi, so helpfull, but I'm wondering why you got euros in your wallet...
$5 challenge I never keep
Cash on me 🤷🏼♀️ like never so cash envelopes would never work- I also would not keep that much cash in the house and omg this stresses me the hell out
I have found using cash helps in saving because you can "See" the money you spend daily. Especially when each cash envelope empties out. Cards you get back and you dont "feel" the loss.
Ramona Cardona Too much of a pain in the butt to have to go to the bank and get cash out
Damn $6k for disney land??? I went to europe in 2018 for a month for that :o (I really wish Aus had a disney land though). Im doing a $5k challenge for the year, on top of the 18% i already save. Fingers crossed!! I want to go to Japan late this year/early next year :D
Anyone has any idea how she made the debt free tracker? I wanted to make a custom one for saving up for a trip to Australia. Thanks!
You could probably make your own in Excel/photo shop? Or even word you could probably do it if you made the picture first, then set is as background and put a table over the top, just might not look as pretty.
“Food, Fun, Gas, BOOTY 🍑 “ 😂😂💀
I would to just have a book like yours. I'm having trouble getting it all together to see how much etc.
Have you taken my free email course? It's a great place to start and has tons of freebies as well as clear action steps >> thebudgetmom.com/start-here
Possibly a silly question- do you keep all the cash in your house? Makes me nervous...
Yes, I do. I only carry around the envelopes that I need throughout the day, and keep others at a safe space in my home.
I was thinking the same thing. Yikes! I live in a safe neighborhood/town but i don't like to have any money in the house. That would make me too nervous.
I would love love love it if you made a $5 envelope for the challenge!
Team #thebudgetmom Loving all of your videos!
The only concern is that now with Covid ppl are not using cash anymore...can you think of a fun way to do this without cash? I will be doing the same! Thanks
What are you doing with the $5 challenge savings jar?
I wonder what planner are you using??? please and thank you
She sells her own planner on her website
I'm trying to think ...how would I do this without cash? Maybe just everytime I purchase something pretend as if I used cash and push $5 into my savings account? Yea that sounds like a plan.
Not sure I can do all the savings you have. To me I’d be saving everything. How do you make your envelopes?
Hey Kumiko! What labeler do you use? Such a gorgeous font!
Yes please share.
so when you go to the store and say its like walmart and you buy things in different envelope categories do you just do multiple transactions?
lindsay2721 I have this question as well!!
I do separate transactions for household and groceries. I shop at Walmart to.
That was one of my questions! Do you separate the transactions or just transfer the money from one envelope to the other? I suppose that could work if you have the right denominations.
Yes, I do :-)
Which planner are you using in this video?
I love your budget planner binder, where can I purchase it ?
The downloadable is available, and the physical version will launch in October. You can find all products in the shop >> shop.thebudgetmom.com
Are you depositing the cash that is left over every month from your cash envelopes back into your checking account?
When are you going to stock up on the Live Rich Planner? And your workbooks?
June for the Live Rich Planners, and the next launch for the Budget by Paycheck Workbook's is in October, and until then the downloadable version is available!
Hi do you budget from the gross or from net what you take home?
HOW DO YOU DO SAVING TRACKER AND DISNEY TRACKER?
How cool noticed you had euro!!!
What label maker and font did you use for the labeling on the envelopes (black font) I have your envelopes-not labeled yet. tsk
Hey Miko, do you know where I can pick up a square hole punch in order to add extra sheets to my workbook?
I'm honestly not too sure!
video request on where your coins go at the end of each pay period cause when I document my with drawls and deposits the numbers are different from my planner compared to my checking account. itll be off by a few dollars and cent amount :) I mean I know its in my coin jar/bank butttt id like to see how you deal with your coins. coin video will be awesome and something different on your channel :)
marissa mack she’s said in a previous video that she put all of her change in a jar and deposits it at the end of the year. I plan on doing the same thing, so I just round my transactions to the nearest dollar and throw all my change in the jar. I think you can then track it as “income” at the end of the year when you cash it out.
I was not ready for the booty, Miko! 😆
Where do you keep your sinking funds? I’m worried to do that because it’s so much money
I keep them in envelopes at home in a safe place, and the bigger sinking funds such as car maintenance and vacation I have a savings account through my credit union.
How expensive is Disney park that one needs budget / save 6K for that?
The link doesn't work for the Filofax wallet 😢
Hi, can I ask you, if you can, to enable Italian subtitles? Thank you
Where do I found your planner you are using, and your cash binder
shop.thebudgetmom.com
When do you sell the workbook and agenda again? Id really like one for this year to help me with my financial goals
The Live Rich Planner launches in June, and the physical version of the workbook will launch in October. Until then, the downloadable version of the Workbook is available :-)
The Budget Mom ahhhhhh I’m so excited. I’d love to get my hands on either the planner or workbook or maybe even BOTH. 😍 i am doing the savings challenge right and still getting a hang of budgeting!
I have been waiting for the printed budget book, do we know when you are printing more. I bought the download last year and I don't like it as much. Thanks.
Hi...I believe she has said in June (I might be wrong, but I think I remember her stating that).
October is the next launch for the physical workbook!