ProfessionalNerd Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Hi all, I'm looking for a user friendly excel (or something else) worksheet that can help me plan out my budget on a month-to-month and annual basis. Any ideas? I've never seriously budgeted before, but I know that it will become necessary with added financial responsibilities (aka rent in high-cost college city). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qt_dnvr Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) I'm always repping YNAB really hard to my friends who have any need for budgeting. YNAB (You Need A Budget) is a really valueable tool- it helped me save several thousand dollars for grad school and generally get control of my finances. It's not a passive system like Mint, its an active "Envelope" method. Its a spreadsheet system but with some additional features and a lot of education and support for budgeting. Its free for students for a year: https://www.youneedabudget.com/landing/college/ Edited June 13, 2017 by qt_dnvr CakeTea and ProfessionalNerd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessionalNerd Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 14 hours ago, qt_dnvr said: I'm always repping YNAB really hard to my friends who have any need for budgeting. YNAB (You Need A Budget) is a really valueable tool- it helped me save several thousand dollars for grad school and generally get control of my finances. It's not a passive system like Mint, its an active "Envelope" method. Its a spreadsheet system but with some additional features and a lot of education and support for budgeting. Its free for students for a year: https://www.youneedabudget.com/landing/college/ Thank you. I ma wary of a service I would have to eventually pay for (taking money so that i can save money haha). I'll take a look at it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyched64 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 16 hours ago, ProfessionalNerd said: Hi all, I'm looking for a user friendly excel (or something else) worksheet that can help me plan out my budget on a month-to-month and annual basis. Any ideas? I've never seriously budgeted before, but I know that it will become necessary with added financial responsibilities (aka rent in high-cost college city). Thanks! Hi there! I'm using this one for now from themuse.com: https://www.themuse.com/advice/going-to-grad-school-start-your-budget-now If you scroll past the introduction, they have a budget template on Excel that I based by monthly budget on. The template has a monthly budget column and a yearly one too in the same template. Hope that helps! ProfessionalNerd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessionalNerd Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 34 minutes ago, psyched64 said: Hi there! I'm using this one for now from themuse.com: https://www.themuse.com/advice/going-to-grad-school-start-your-budget-now If you scroll past the introduction, they have a budget template on Excel that I based by monthly budget on. The template has a monthly budget column and a yearly one too in the same template. Hope that helps! This is great! It's a tad bit confusing (especially that final line), but i'll figure it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest56436 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Why not just make one yourself? Excel is fairly intuitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1%learnings Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) * please explain in detail & fully why you * 'feel' * like you need it edit: well surely shouldn't even try to help anyone who has negative feedback to explaining themselves fully *sigh* Edited June 14, 2017 by 1%learnings tonydoesmovie, makingtheleap.back, Eigen and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessionalNerd Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Comparativist said: Why not just make one yourself? Excel is fairly intuitive. I could. I just wanted to see what is already available. If the wheel exists, why reinvent it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1%learnings Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) * there's 1 to 1 billion reasons why Edited June 14, 2017 by 1%learnings PsychedelicExplorer, geologyninja13, ProfessionalNerd and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarineBluePsy Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I modified one from SquawkFox to meet my needs. ProfessionalNerd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessionalNerd Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 6 hours ago, MarineBluePsy said: I modified one from SquawkFox to meet my needs. I'll take a look at this. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zactak Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 My dad is an accountant and set me up with a budget spreadsheet that I've been using for over three years now. I really like it, and it can easily be adjusted to your needs. I personally budget every two weeks along with my pay dates. I loaded mine onto a Google Sheet, so I am able to pull it up on my phone, and keep track of it along with a check register that I created. Empty Budget.xlsx ProfessionalNerd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessionalNerd Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 1 hour ago, zactak said: Empty Budget.xlsx For some reason, I can't access the link. Could you PM me with it? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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