Lindsey Burgess

You know when you move, and you say you for sure will never, ever, ever move again, because moving is its own unique hell? Well, I forgot.

Not that many years ago, if Chris had money at the end of the month to cover his bills he considered it a win. Then he broke the cycle.

You are saving money and that is good. But what are you saving for? And what should you be saving for? Luckily, this is the fun part.

Broke and having a baby? You'll never regret getting your financial life in order, no matter how challenging it may be. Read one mom's story

They say, it is better to give than to receive. But who are “they” really, and how do “they” know, because receiving can be pretty awesome. I still don’t know who “they” are, I just know from my own experience that giving is a powerful and important practice. For us, it is a priority.

Financial awakenings come in all shapes and sizes. For Melissa Wiley, a 29-year-old federal employee, living in Washington, D.C., it was a broken A/C unit. On the surface, Melissa had it all together. She owned her own place. She always checked her bank balance before purchasing anything.

YNAB now has an Apple Watch app! With just a flick of your wrist, you can check your category balances and make spending decisions.

If you’ve followed the YNAB blog for a few years, then you’ve already met me—and you can read about my personal armageddon here.

Change your budget as you need to. It will actually keep you going. Instead of feeling like a failure, you'll feel like you're winning.

As you pull together your list of larger, less frequent expenses, you can start estimating what they will cost and plan for them.

Dearest Budget, We both know it was not love at first sight, but maybe that is part of what makes it so special now, all these years later.

For the last year, we've been checking in with Carrie Hart, a 44-year-old mother of two. Read more about her budgeting success story.