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The first real episode where Jordan and Niki get way too excited about one of their favorite topics: budgeting.
Episode 1 - Show Notes
Niki’s Oatmeal Pancakes
Dave Ramsey Budget Sheets
You'll see notes and comments in this Excel spreadsheet, along with 4 different tabs. The denomination calculator is under Paycheck 1 and Paycheck 2, and as you plug in your budget it will calculate which denominations you need from $50s to $1s.
YNAB - You Need a Budget Software
With this referral link you'll save $6 and we'll get a $6 kickback for your purchase.
Jordan’s YNAB Review
Jordan's review of our favorite budgeting software.
Mint.com
We use Mint to see a dashboard view of all of our different bank accounts, but we don't use it for budgeting because it's more reactive than proactive.
Dave Ramsey
The ever-helpful Wikipedia on Dave Ramsey.
Chipotle's burrito giveaway in Athens, Ohio
Ok, so maybe it wasn't quite 20,000 burritos--more like at least 5,000
The Global Rich List
Making $20,000 / year puts you in the top 3.65% richest people in the world by income.
A Praying Life by Paul Miller
Jordan wrote a review of A Praying Life and, as you heard, Niki's a big fan too. The link above is an affiliate link to Amazon.
Budgeting an Irregular Income
This is a little different than the way we chatted about budgeting an irregular income, and you use your lowest month's salary instead of an average to calculate your budget.
Dave Ramsey Baby Steps–steps 1 to 7 for getting out of debt and building wealth, according to Dave Ramsey.
Student Loan debt over $1 trillion, surpassing credit card debt
Dave Ramsey’s - Financial Peace University
This class was incredibly helpful in growing our understanding of money and bringing us to the same page in our marriage.
My Giving Bank - 3 Banks in 1
The bank Jordan’s dad gave him as a kid that instilled the different ways we can use money.
Niki’s review of her current elite budgeting system. A Christmas present from her mother-in-law and how she uses it.
A few of our budgeting posts:
Skinny Budgeting by Niki
Budgeting for Twenty-Somethings by Jordan
Connect with Us
Niki’s blog: Frame of Reference
Jordan’s blog: Theology | Technology | Methodology
Niki on Twitter - @nshirkman
Jordan on Twitter - @jshirk
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