Leaving Margin for Life

The Jesse Mecham Show

YNAB

Kids & Family, Education

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Ernie share a tip for making the budget feels a little less constricting -- leave a little margin in your categories! This is not an emergency fund, Ben says, but a way to give yourself some flexibility and fun.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Ynavers, my name is Ben and this is another episode of the YNAB podcast where we teach
0:10.8	you four rules to stop living paycheck to paycheck, get out of debt and save more money.
0:17.5	Once again, I'm joined by Ernie, everybody give a good clap for Ernie, hey Ernie.
0:22.5	Thank you.
0:23.5	Thank you.
0:24.5	And Ben, I have to say you nailed that intro.
0:26.5	I nailed it.
0:27.5	You did it from memory.
0:28.5	You did it from memory that time.
0:30.5	Spot on.
0:31.5	I'm like Jesse, I don't need two takes.
0:32.8	If you all know that, Jesse's famous, he doesn't do two takes on these podcast episodes.
0:37.6	He just goes for it and sometimes he just, it's off the cuff.
0:40.6	We're not all Jesse though.
0:41.6	So we can't all do two takes.
0:42.6	We'll see what we do.
0:43.6	It's always masterful too.
0:44.6	That's right.
0:45.6	Definitely a skill.
0:46.6	Exactly.
0:47.6	Exactly.
0:48.6	Well, what are we talking about today, Ernie?
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