094 - Cellphone, Unshackled.

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094 - Cellphone, Unshackled.

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Sep 24, 2013

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My thoughts on cellphones, not just smartphones, and how we're being sold a bill of goods that's costing us money, and decreasing quality of life. And yes, I'm going for "dramatic" here.

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Sep 24, 2013

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006 - The Budget and Slow Suffocation: One of the more embarrassing moments of my teenage years taught me a great lesson about budgeting, breathing, and the crushing effects of five pounds. by The YNAB Podcast
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015 - Ignoring Life's Biggest Expense is Folly: Taxes are your life's single biggest expense. Cozy up with the tax code and minimize as if your financial life depended on it! by The YNAB Podcast
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008 - 3 Tiny Habits, Big Takeaways: I relate my experience with BJ Fogg's 3 Tiny Habits program, and how that ties in so beautifully to budgeting--specifically staying on top of recording your transactions. by The YNAB Podcast
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007 - Christmas, Weak Reports, the Best Report of All: A few words on Christmas, why January's so important to your Christmas spending, and weak reports. Also, a hat tip to the best report of all. by The YNAB Podcast
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024 - The Disaster Effect: When it rains, it pours, right? Sometimes that's our own doing (and demise). Financially speaking, of course. by The YNAB Podcast
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023 - Reality and Unleashing Your Will: If you're not operating in reality, you don't know what you want. If you don't knowo what you want, you won't get it. by The YNAB Podcast
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016 - The Double-Edged Sword of Automation: Automation is a two-edged sword. Used wisely, it will revolutionize your finances. Used poorly, it will do nothing for you (it may even hurt you, in a financial way). by The YNAB Podcast
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058 - I can list all the clothes I own. You?: I'm throwing down here. Not really. Did a major, MAJOR closet cleaning, and it feels GREAT! by The YNAB Podcast
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005 - Success Story: a Cut in Salary, and Freelancing: An interview with Brian from Massachusetts, a freelance video editor, that now feels content--even with a large drop in income. by The YNAB Podcast
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017 - The Debt Snowflake: The debt snowball is tried and true, but what's the debt snowflake? It's more effective than it sounds :) by The YNAB Podcast
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009 - Success Story: a Quicken Junkie Convert!: I interview Sheridan from Orange County, California. She's now been using YNAB for 2.5 years, and won't be going back to Quicken any time soon! by The YNAB Podcast
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010 - YNAB Gets a New Site Design!: I discuss some of the whys behind our 12/2011 site redesign. by The YNAB Podcast
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022 - YNAB for Your Business?: Can YNAB serve your business just as well? Well, YNAB's serving YNAB well. by The YNAB Podcast
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021 - Your Budget Boiling Point: Your budget has a boiling point. Dial it back a few notches so you can stick to your budget for the long haul. by The YNAB Podcast
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Episode 002 - Setting and Achieving Mini Financial Goals (Budgeting): Wait, I thought we were budgeting. What's all this talk about goals, mini-goals, and habits? Yeah, you're not budgeting. You're becoming an unbelievably effective goal setter/reacher. by The YNAB Podcast
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044 - Taking Care of Your Family, No Matter What: As part of the #LifeAware Life Insurance Movement, I bring on special guest, Jeff Rose, Cerftified Financial Planner, founder of Alliance Wealth Management, and blogger at GoodFinancialCents.com. by The YNAB Podcast
9 min listen
026 - Backpacking and Rationing: When backpacking, you don't eat all of your food the first day. When you receive a paycheck, you don't spend all of your money the first day either. Also, handling a wildly variable income. by The YNAB Podcast
8 min listen
013 - An Interview with Baker from ManVsDebt.com: Baker and his wife had an epiphany the night their daughter was born. With the answer to one simple question, they found freedom. This will get you thinking! by The YNAB Podcast
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019 - Halftime Adjustments: Five minutes trying to convince you that adjusting your budget is not only correct, it's a best practice. by The YNAB Podcast
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039 - When a Spouse isn't On Board: I'm no marriage counselor, but I do sell for a living, and I think you have to sell your Spouse on budgeting. by The YNAB Podcast
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033 - A Week in the Wilderness: Prepping for a 50-mile hike is a lot like the monthly budget meeting. This topic is oozing metaphors. by The YNAB Podcast
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018 - Too Poor To Budget: Are you too poor to budget? Absolutely not! by The YNAB Podcast
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048 - Achieving Money Zen. An Interview with Leo Babauta of ZenHabits.net: I LOVED doing this interview! Leo really helped me think through priorities, gaining clarity, and determining what matters. I'm more zen-like because of it :) by The YNAB Podcast
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