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Learn it once. Use it every paycheck.
Short videos, one-page guides and stories from real budgets. All free, in the app and here.
A SERIES
Budget Breakdowns
One video series: a real budget, rebuilt paycheck by paycheck, and the one change that moves the debt-free date.
VIDEO · BUDGET BREAKDOWNS
A $52K salary, paycheck by paycheckOne real salary, taxes and all, paycheck by paycheck. Then one change, and the debt-free date moves.
VIDEO · BUDGET BREAKDOWNS
$75K in AustinRent, a car and a student loan on one salary in a pricey city.
VIDEO · BUDGET BREAKDOWNS
A viral budget, redoneWe rebuild a budget from the internet, paycheck by paycheck.
Everything in the Library
Videos, one-page guides and stories, on budgets, debt and everything in between.
16 things to read and watch
VIDEO · BUDGET BREAKDOWNS
A $52K salary, paycheck by paycheckOne real salary, taxes and all, paycheck by paycheck. Then one change, and the debt-free date moves.
VIDEO · BUDGET BREAKDOWNS
$75K in AustinRent, a car and a student loan on one salary in a pricey city.
VIDEO · BUDGET BREAKDOWNS
A viral budget, redoneWe rebuild a budget from the internet, paycheck by paycheck.
VIDEO
Should I pause my 401K?A viewer asks if she should stop saving to pay off her card. The math, both ways.
VIDEO
Avalanche or snowball?Two ways to pay off debt, and when each one wins.
VIDEO
What an APR really costsA 22% card on a $4,000 balance, month by month.
ONE-PAGE GUIDE
The paycheck-to-paycheck resetOne page: list, sort, tick, repeat.
ONE-PAGE GUIDE
The avalanche method, on one pageHighest rate first, minimums on the rest, with a worked example.
ONE-PAGE GUIDE
Your first emergency fundStart with one month of bills, not six. How to get there a paycheck at a time.
ONE-PAGE GUIDE
Minimum payments, decodedWhy the minimum keeps you in debt for years, and the small change that fixes it.
ONE-PAGE GUIDE
Sinking funds for yearly billsCar insurance, gifts and renewals, paid a little every paycheck.
ONE-PAGE GUIDE
Reading your pay stubGross, net and every line in between, on one page.
STORY
How we paid off $11,000 in 14 monthsTwo paychecks, one plan, and a lot of ticking.
STORY
Budgeting as a couple without fightingWhose paycheck pays what, and why it matters less than you think.
STORY
Why we never ask for your bank loginHere’s why, and what you get from typing your numbers in yourself.
STORY
Paying off the car early: what we changedFourteen months early, without a second job.