New to YNAB? Here are 5 easy resources to get you started, get you unstuck and keep you going on your personal finance/YNAB journey. Check out my other article to figure out which YNAB metric is best for you.
- The YNAB website is chock full of well-thought-out and high-quality content.
– Start with The Four Rules
– Got 5 minutes?
- YNAB hosts free workshops with Q&A sessions on many different personal finance topics. These are excellent for just starting out or even for folks that just have been using the software for a while and have a question. Topics include:
– Budgeting with a partner
– Open Q&A
– Budgeting with variable income
– Getting started with YNAB
– Maintaining your budget
– Manage credit cards and eliminate your debt
– Level up your savings
- Facebook offer many excellent YNAB communites. Some of my favorites are:
– Friendly YNAB (You Need a Budget) Support
– You Need a Budget (YNAB) for Beginners
– YNAB (You Need a Budget) Fans!
– YNAB Debt Bootcamp - Reddit offers a vibrant YNAB community.
- YouTube is a wealth of resources, with too many to list. A couple of my favorites below:
– You Need A Budget (YNAB) offical channel
– Nick True — MappedOutMoney:
Jesse Mecham, the founder of YNAB has also written many books on personal finance in general and YNAB specifically. If you are looking to round out your learning on these subjects, You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want, is a long title but an easy read.
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