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 will do it first thing in the morning over coffee
I will do the assignments each evening at my desk on my computer!
I will do my homework after getting home from work and first thing after getting up on the weekends.
I will do it in the middle of the night
Early morning , at my office at home.
Early morning,,Best time to work for me. at home in my office
In the evening at my desk
I will do assignments each morning with a cup of tea!
I will be doing my homework in the morning before work and on my breaks at work! I’m excited to start this course so I can learn to budget and get my life on the right track
I will do it in the morning before work!
…i’m looking forward to this course…i need it and i’ll do it first thing in the morning as part of my silence and solitude time… thank you very much
I will do it on the morning with my coffee
I’m looking forward to this course
I will make my plan before I go to bed.
I will do this after work in my chair on the table in my room.
On the morning, when i get to sit on my computer.
Looking forward to seeing how this app works.
I will work on at night.
I will do my assignments in the evening times while I’m relaxing.
I look forward to seeing how this app works and what I can gain from this course. I will do assignments in the evenings.
I look forward to leaning skills to become a better steward of my finances. I will complete my assignments in the mornings each day
Early in the morning before my family wakes up or one of my breast feeding sessions with new baby in night
I will do lessons in the evening in my room where it’s quite.
I will do my assignment in the morning after my devotion.
Will do the lesson in the morning.
Will do it after work.
I will do it in the morning
Will be tackling these assignments on my days off from work on my laptop over coffee!
I will work on my assignment in the morning over coffee
I will do my homework first thing in the morning over a cup of tea after my daily devotion.
early mornings when i get to my desk!
I will do after the gym and before work every morning
I plan to do the assignments in the morning, so I have a fresh mind to absorb them 🙂
I’ll do the assignments after work
I will work on this in the afternoon
I will do them at lunch at the kitchen table. I’m looking forward to being prepared to use the app well.
Morning after breakfast.
Right after breakfast works best for me
I will do assignments on my break at work.
I will complete it in between rostered shift work
Before I start work
Ready
I will do it in the morning on pay days and various days through out the week
I plan on doing assignments in the morning with some tea, at my desk.
I will do my assignments in the morning at my desk
I plan to do my assignments after work.
I’ll do it every night before I go to sleep
Looking forward to great course. Thank you GOODBUDGET
At night before i go to bed…
In the morning after coffee
I plan on working on these assignments in the evening when the kids are asleep.
After work. Works best for me !