Budgeting can make dreams come true — really.
I’ve been wanting the ultimate driving machine for quite a while now. I think since I was seventeen or so. My wife finally caved and I was able to buy one!
My wife’s main concern was the fact that it’s pretty flashy (I chose silver). She [...]

I’ve thought about sending her a t-shirt.
Or maybe sending a courier with a copy of the software.
What would you say to Jen to convince her?
Check out her blog post and leave a comment :)

Oh my.
YNAB Pro on Amazon has received many, many favorable reviews (thanks to everyone that’s written one!). However, apparently, too many positive reviews are a bad thing. From one reviewer:
Don’t be mislead by the lengthy positive reviews for this product, they appear to be fake.
Ouch!
One commenter further solidified this rock-solid assumption:
Awefully suspicious how [...]

One sure-fire way to spend less is to count your blessings.

Note: Your Mac will need to be Intel-based for this to work!
1. Go to http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and download the “VirtualBox 2.0.2 for OS X hosts” version for Intel Macs

The file is only 35 MB, so it downloads fairly quickly.
2. Unpack the contents of the .dmg file by double-clicking on it.

3. Run the installer:

4. [...]

Just wanted to post this interview of me by InnovativeEconomy.com. If you’re interested, head on over there and check it out!

Today is Porter’s 4th Birthday. For two years he’s asked me why I have to go to work. For two years I’ve told him the same thing:
To earn money, so we can buy food and have a place to live.
When he was really little he actually started to leave money out of the picture. [...]

I’m new to the blog, but not new to YNAB. I’m proud to be the lead programmer behind YNAB Pro.
But let me start at the beginning. A couple of years ago, I was looking for a better budget program, and when I found YNAB I knew I’d found a good thing. Jesse [...]

This post was inspired by JD’s Father’s Day Post at Get Rich Slowly.
My mother and father are both currently visiting Jerusalem. They left on Thursday and won’t be back for two weeks. My mom asked each of the (six) kids to write something for our dad that she now has probably given to [...]

For the first several years of our marriage, my husband nagged, what felt like fortnightly, “we need to sit down and make some financial goals.” His suggestion was met with a habitual eye roll, (because I’m stubborn and snarky,) but also because I’m a financial first-grader in many regards and didn’t fully understand what [...]