March’s Success Story focuses on Tracy Alt from southeastern Michigan. Tracy’s success demonstrates that YNAB can have an immediate effect on your day to day spending.
Tracy just started using YNAB in February of this year. Her first success was at the grocery store. Using YNAB Tracy was making her spending decisions [...]

I’ve been using it for a little over 2 years now. Before YNAB I never
knew how much money I had coming in or going out. I lived paycheck to
paycheck and would operate off of whatever my current balance was for
that day. I’d go online and check my account, and then decide what
bills I could pay. [...]

Our success story this month focuses on building your YNAB Buffer. Mary A., from Washington State, started using YNAB Pro about three years ago and loved it as it was so easy to use.
I asked Mary how long it took her to save her Buffer. She said, “We just got it this [...]

Ed sent this to me a few days ago:
In the 80’s some years before financial programs hit the consumer market I have had the yearn to use a system to manage finances. I started with spreadsheets 1st paper then computer. When Quicken came out I became an avid user. After several years [...]

Karen wrote in a bit ago with the following fantastic story:
My family has been using YNAB for the last 3 months and the changes we’ve seen are phenomenal! I thought it would just help us to get on track and save some money. I never thought it would be such a wonderful tool for teaching [...]

I thought I’d share this — keeping it anonymous though:
Things couldn’t be better. One billion tons of stress has been lifted off my shoulders…thanks to this program…I no longer worry about money…every dollar has a job…still have some tweeking to do to get things adjusted….food is a difficult one with 6 boys to feed…..you [...]

I received a fantastic email from Sharon, a great mom (wow, upside down, right?) that managed to get her 18-year old son to start budgeting. Notice how she didn’t demand the world of him…just let the budget show him what could happen…
Our 18 year old son has a full-time job. I told him [...]