Four Rules to Spend Smart & Save More: Simple Budgeting Tips for Everyone

Are you struggling to make ends meet? Or living paycheck-to-paycheck? Or simply looking to save more? If so, you won't want to miss this week's episode, which is full of tips to help you budget and take charge of your personal finances.   As a broke, newly married college student, personal finance expert Jesse Mecham developed a simple budgeting method to help people get out of debt and save more money. What started as a spreadsheet soon turned into You Need A Budget (aka YNAB), an app and online tool to help people gain total control of their money. Mecham joins Erin & Marti this week to share his Four Rules of budgeting that can help us stress less and save more. Learn about zero-based budgeting, strategies for managing finances with a partner, and when and how to start teaching your children about money. After listening to this episode, you might just rethink that sushi dinner tomorrow night! We are pleased to welcome YNAB as a new supporting partner of Mom Enough.   WHAT STEPS WILL YOU TAKE TO START BUDGETING? What strategies will you apply to budget with your partner or on your own? How might you start teaching your children to budget? Why is scarcity important for bringing clarity? What can you do to embrace your true expenses?   WANT TO LEARN MORE PERSONAL FINANCE OR BUDGETING? ❉You Need A Budget (or YNAB) is an award-winning personal finance app and proven method to help you gain total control of your money and build wealth. Learn four simple rules to stop living paycheck-to-paycheck, get out of debt, and save more money. Try it for 34-days free (no credit card required) here.   ❉ ENGAGING KIDS IN FAMILY MONEY DECISIONS.  Nathan Dungan joins Marti & Erin to discuss ways to clarify your own values about money, instill those values in your children, and give your kids voice and choice in family money decisions.