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.
2,178 thoughts on “Welcome to Budget Bootcamp”
Jim: Later at night after I shower and things have quieted down.
I plan to do this every morning after Bible study… Except for Sat and Sun. Those are catch up/ relax days.
I plan to work on it every evening when I get home from work.
In the morning over coffee when my brain is the freshest
After kids are in bed.
In the evening , when dinner is done
In the evening at home. I will do the courses throughout the week.
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.
I’d forgotten all about this despite leaving you all a message that I would do it every night after supper! Now I plan to catch up as much as possible this afternoon (Feb. 4) and schedule more for tomorrow.
You can do it!
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
I plan on working on this at the kitchen table in the afternoon.
I’m excited to be on top of my finances.
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
I am really excited about getting detailed help with creating a budget for my family and being able to keep it up. I plan on doing my lessons first thing in the morning when the kids have left for school.
I plan to focus my “budget” energy between 0730 to 0800.
I will work on this after dinner four days a week, aiming for two lessons per session.
I’m going to do my assignments on breaks during the work day.
What I want out of this is to regain control of my finances and work to save for my tiny home.
In the evening
We are early risers, we enjoy our coffee in bed before the kids wake up. So it just makes sense to work on these in the morning.
I am going to try to do the lessons after dinner at night when I sit down in the lounge when the day is nearly done. I am excited to start these lessons on budgeting, as I think we will be able to learn valuable lessons. I will include hubby in them as well.
I am going to do the assignments in the evening after dinner
Going to do the assignments on break.
While I am at work between jobs
Once a week, after dinner. I’m starting this a month late – they went into my spam and I forgot that I had signed up!
After dinner before going to sleep
I’ll be working on this course in the mornings, fueled by coffee and hope!
I’m going to do mine after the kids are asleep and I’m in my room. It’s quiet and calming. My goal is to learn to budget wisely and be able to live comfortably and travel more
I am going to work in the morning on the budget daily. Read, pray, budget.
I’m planning to complete my homework 2-3 sections at a time on my days off.
I’m excited to have a course that teaches the practical skills to budgeting, not just the theory.
every day at lunch time, around 1 pm.
I plan to work on this every evening after work. Except for Saturday and Sunday.
In the evening
I plan to work on this in every morning as soon as I wake up aside from Saturday’s and Sunday’s.
I plan to do mine in the evening before bed
I plan to work on it in the mornings before work.