HOW I TRACK MY BUDGET || tips & tricks from minimalist finance geek

I am a total unapologetic geek and love tracking my budget. I've been doing this ever since I started earning an income as a teenager and over the last decade especially have really enjoyed perfecting the art of tracking my finances via my excel spreadsheets. In this video I share about my experience tracking a budget plus some tips that have helped me simplify and get this whole process of tracking and balancing finances down to just 1 hour per month. I also share about how you can purchase my budget spreadsheet online, or feel empowered to create your own!

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[theminimalistninja]

Yessss to charles schwab! I made my decision to get their debit card solely based on the fact that I get my ATM fees reimbursed! I am such a sucker for tracking my budget and I too have been doing it for years! I am absolutely loving it! It helps me keep on top of it all and it's so much fun! video!! :D

[bluwaterbabe]

I love this topic, too! I'm reading The Art of Money by Bari Tessler right now and I'm really loving how you're doing a lot of the things she's talking about. My biggest takeaway so far is to do body check-ins before each (major) money decision, to see where emotions show up in your body and then you can explore that feeling. 💗 Love your channel!

[janee]

thanks for that video! i am also super excited about that topic. ive been playing around with different ways to track my finances, right now in the beginning of the month i withdram the money i want to spend and then each week i put that exact amount in my purse. that way i know how much money i spend and have left for the week / month all the time. i wish you wouldve gone a tiny bit more into detail on how you sum it up in the end of the month. so much love to you!

[artisticromance]

Really needed this video right now. I just finished a book by Michelle McGagh called "The No Spend Year: How I Spent Less and Lived More" and feel very motivated to create a spend-less challenge for myself.

[jbates]

Ugh, I need this so much. I love that you made this video! I HATE budgeting, as I'm easily overwhelmed with it and like you I felt I needed to do it daily and it was so tedious and for what seemed like little payoff. I need to learn Excel. I also want to eventually have my own businesses as well, so I need to develop these skills. One hour a month for all your budgeting is amazing! Thanks for the inspiration, as always. It would be so great if I could someday find this area of life actually FUN, and rewarding.

[RealNowTruth]

What I get out of your camping traveling lifestyle is ...

1) Eat right
2) Don't live in debt

Many people get those two things wrong (I'm one of them).

[PurpleNothing]

I know this video is much older now... But your budget spreadsheet link just opens up a bunch of spam links for me and doesn't take me to your website anymore. Maybe my phone is bugged, but I just wanted you to know in case it needs to be fixed <3

[PcGameGold]

Where do you envision yourself in 20 years. ( if you do!) from interested.

[CaitlinSewsSometimes]

Oh god I thought it said 'fiance' and I almost cheered in my office

[debbiesedgley]

Thank you Brittany for posting this! I just watched it three times in a row! :-) Super helpful to understand more detail about how you track. A good reminder to me as well to revisit your 'Simplify' programme. Love your videos, you have such great energy! Thanks again for all you do! Debs XOXOXO

[Cinder]

Brittany, very off topic here, lol.... I know you're not a makeup wearer and it may be out of your comfort zone... but it would neat if you did a makeup tutorial video just for fun. Would probably go viral just because it's so different from your normal videos that people are used to. Ok, call me crazy, lol :)

[happyandauthentic]

This was interesting to listen to. I use a budget app called Moni and it's so simple I thought of you when I found it. All you do is press + when you add income and - when you subtract an expenditure. Works for me, but then again all I wanna know is if I'm over or under budget. Dunno how well it would work for more complex budgets involving multiple businesses and people. Thanks for sharing!

[tristanriabo]

I am so glad that a budget works for you. I want us all to be free of the Monetary System.

[FindingYourSerenity]

I'm so bad at this. I've signed up to things but I could never keep up with it. I'm bad at planning though. It does not come easily to me so thanks for creating this :)

[gwarscout]

These sort of life skills always seem like such a chore in the beginning. Then with some discipline and time it becomes automatic and that's where the fun begins.

[mspococurante]

God, you are such a nerd and I love you.

[JazzyCrumbles]

Honestly I think excel is limited and not as user friendly as Tableau, but I think that's partly because I really love open source software ....

[arwan]

Thanks for making this !! Do you ever see yourself merging your finances with Connor. Like having a mutual pot as opposed to separate and then some joint?

[alteredillusions]

I always look forward to your videos! Keep them coming, we want more.

[aeryth]

Do you have any recommendations for credit cards, since you have multiple? For your travel credit card, for example, do you use a certain airline's credit card? etc