Despite large Modern Family paychecks, Julie Bowen states that she remains frugal with her money

[tucker]

#ModernFamily star Julie Bowen is opening up about her financial situation and why she's "frugal" with money https://t.co/RK2Eu7skf2
- JustJared.com (@JustJared) October 1, 2022
Julie Bowen was allegedly making $500,000 an episode (before taxes, managment fees, etc) towards the end of the long running sitcom, Modern Family, but she claims to still

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[meetviolent]

Does anyone have recommendations for a YNAB alternative that is not as expensive as YNAB?

[belle_chouette]

PocketGuard is $35 a year, or Mint which is completely free but has ads

[imnotasquirrel]

i honestly prefer just creating my own budget spreadsheet on excel. requires a bit more manual upkeep but the upside compared to budget apps is that i can tweak everything to my specific tastes. i created different tabs for various sinking funds, with conditional rules set to highlight when i was getting close to my goal amounts for each. other conditional rules set up to highlight when i was getting close to my self-imposed limits on certain luxuries (e.g. dining out).

[836am]

Yes! Yes yes yes.

[djbbgoose]

would you be able to share a blacked out/zero'd out screenshot of what that looks like?

[anus]

When YNAB announced they were increasing their price someone on the YNAB reddit (maybe multiple now) had actually made spreadsheets that functioned similarly. I bet you could search and find them. idk if I could function without YNAB so I'm just dealing with the cost.

[hoodoo]

i use mint and also take advantage of the features my credit card has. FOr my joint cc with my wife, we sit down once a month and review all our expenses through the cc website. they give you a nice breakdown of type of expenses and by vendor... i would see if your bank has something similar