Budgeting Like a Beast with Jesse Mecham #619
How to Money
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🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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We’re going all-in today on budgeting with our special guest- Jesse Mecham! There are a number of folks listening who might recognize his name, but I’m guessing even more folks are familiar with the company he started in 2003 while he was still in college- You Need A Budget, or YNAB as it’s commonly known. Millions of individuals have used YNAB to get on a budget which has allowed them to achieve their life-changing financial goals- whether that’s simply paying off debt or the complicated endeavor of getting on the same page as their partner. Jesse has likely thought more about budgeting over the past 20 years than anyone else out there, so we’re excited to talk with him about all the things that he’s learned over the years. Listen as we discuss why you need a budget in the first place, Jesse’s 4 rules of budgeting, how often you should spend on your budget every month, as well as his approach to credit cards and debt.
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| 0:35.4 | Welcome to How To Money. I'm Joel. I'm Matt. Today we're talking budgeting like a beast with Jesse |
| 0:41.6 | Meekam. That's right, Jesse Meekam. He is joining us on the podcast today and we are going all |
| 1:06.2 | in on budgeting. I'm guessing there's a number of folks listening who might recognize his name, |
| 1:10.2 | but I'm guessing even more folks are familiar with the company he started back in 2003 while he |
| 1:15.0 | was still in college. You need a budget or YNAB as it's commonly known, what we call it. Millions |
| 1:21.1 | of individuals have now used YNAB to get on a budget which has allowed them to achieve their |
| 1:27.0 | life-changing financial goals. So whether that's simply paying off debt or the complicated endeavor |
| 1:32.9 | of getting on the same page as your partner, that's difficult. Jesse has likely thought more about |
| 1:39.2 | budgeting over the past 20 years than anyone else out there. So we're excited to talk with him |
| 1:44.2 | about all the things that he's learned and observed. Jesse, thank you for joining us today. |
| 1:48.7 | I am so glad to be here. Thanks guys. Jesse, we're glad to have you and the first question we ask |
| 1:53.8 | everyone who comes on the show is what do you like to sports on? We call it your craft beer |
| 1:58.7 | equivalent because Matt and I, we spend more money than most people would think is normal on |
| 2:03.0 | craft beer because we love it, but we're happy to do that because we're saving and investing |
| 2:06.6 | well for the future while we're spending a lot of money on beer. So what do you spend a lot of |
| 2:10.3 | money on that maybe people might think is kind of crazy? Yeah, I wouldn't mix beer and what I |
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