Welcome to Goodbudget 101: Budget Bootcamp! We’re so excited for you to start this new budgeting journey — one where you’ll create a budget that works for you. And along the way you’ll build habits and learn techniques that will help you live out your budget for the rest of your life.
Now, we’re all starting from different places financially, but we’re all working towards the same goal… making a budget that works. We believe you can make and *keep* a budget. This budget will be your guide to help you spend on what’s important, save for big expenses, and give generously.
Over the next 29 days you’ll receive bite-sized assignments that are practical, reflective and relational and they’re all designed to help you create your new budget utilizing the envelope budgeting method (if you don’t know what that is, learn about it on our website and on YouTube). You can expect to spend about 5 to 10 minutes doing most of the assignments. Every so often there’ll be a longer assignment that will take about 30 minutes. Let’s get started.
Today’s Assignment
- Make a plan for when and where you’d like to do these assignments. Will you spend time working on them at the kitchen table after the kids are in bed, or early in the morning over coffee before everyone gets up? Will you do the assignments for the week all in one day, or divvy them up throughout the week? Deciding this ahead of time will give you a better shot at completing these assignments.
- Comment below and let us know when and where you’re planning to do your homework. Plus, share what you’re excited about learning in this course — and why.
Note for couples: If you share money with someone else, like your spouse, invite them to take this course with you. By working together, you’ll be able to build a solid budget that actually works — for both of you.
That’s it for today! We look forward to seeing you in the next assignment.
Happy budgeting,
-The Goodbudget Team
P.S. If you’re struggling to get ahead because you’re living paycheck to paycheck, GB 30: Break the Cycle might be a good starting place for you. In that course, you’ll spend 30 days working to boost savings and begin building a one-month cushion so you can break the cycle for good.
P.P.S. Or, if you’re currently experiencing a financial emergency, either from taking a pay cut, receiving a large medical bill, or something else, GB 911: Crash Course might be a better fit. There, you’ll learn how to make quick changes to your budget so that you can survive in the short term, adapt to your financial situation, and thrive down the road.
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I’ll be budgeting in the mornings, in my office. I’m excited just to actually work on having a budget. I’ve been kinda irresponsible recently with my money.
Getting older and would kike to secure our nest egg as well we would like to start traveling a bit esp once we retire need to start preparing for that now to make sure we can have the fun we have worked so hard to be able to do.
I will most likely do the home work in the evening after dinner or first thing in the morning before work
I will do the assignments in the evenings. I would like to relieve the stress and guess work out of my financial situation.
hi my name is kat, i will be doing my homework in late afternoon. I am looking forward to being financial stable and get my debt Paid off.
Well I was hoping to complete this course over the next few days while I’m lying in bed with covid but it doesn’t sound like it is set up that way. So I plan to work on the course with my family after dinner. I am really excited to be intentionally changing my feelings and beliefs around money and taking charge of my finances and I want my kids to learn this now so they can have a better start than I did.
Looking forward to get my finances sorted, it’s not easy being a single provider.
Happy to have a plan and not be shooting from the hip anymore when it comes to budgeting.
I’m doing it in the morning while my dog is still sleeping and I have no distractions!
working from my home office