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
262 thoughts on “Welcome to Budget Bootcamp”
Jim: Later at night after I shower and things have quieted down.
I plan to work on it every evening when I get home from work.
In the evening , when dinner is done
When I get done work
At 5am before I start my day
Between 7 and 8 in the morning, before the day starts up.
I plan to work on this after kids in bed and it’s quiet
Just before l go to be
WE will do this together on Friday evenings after we get home from work
Early in the morning over coffee before everyone gets up
I will work on my budget every morning before work.
Daily, Early morning before the day begins.
Early morning works best for me.
I will do my lessons at dinnertime every night
I plan on working on assignments in the evening after dinner. I’m hoping this helps me stop Unnecessary spending
Various times
I will do my budgeting in the morning.
I plan to work on my assignments in the mornings when I get home from work and would like to do as many as possible at a time
After work
i plan to work on my assignments at home after work and school and i would like to divvy them up throughout the week.
during nap time when the house is quiet.
It doesn’t matter to me Im excited to take the course!
We love your enthusiasm! We’re excited for you to take the course too 😀
I will do them as part of my morning routine for the next month, before everyone else is up
I plan to do it in the evening when I am settling down.
My budgeting time will be after supper.
Likely early in the morning before everything is off and running…though, after dinner might work. I’ll see…may depend on the amount of time per lesson. Happy to be part of it….
05:00 am
we will work on our budget after dinner. at the table
Hi there. Planning on doing homework sitting in bed. What I’m excited to do is switch from being a spender to someone who has money, in her savings.
early in the morning before i began my day