In the lead up to Global Wellness Day, I gave a presentation on achieving Financial Wellness and my journey.

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4. Hopefully Not Too Preachy!

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MY NET ASSETS

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MY NET ASSETS
Would be great if this is where the zero line started when I started my journey…

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MY NET ASSETS
…but this is where the zero line actually started :-(

10. TRUTHS
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11. TRUTHS
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12. More Money Doesn’t Change Bad Habits
Bankrupt Bankrupt Nearly Bankrupt

14. DAY AFTER PAYDAY

15. DAY BEFORE
PAYDAY…
…HUNTING YOUR
OWN FOOD!

16. BALANCING SCARCITY OF MONEY
Money in the bank is not what can be spent!
Eliminate the ups and downs as payday rolls around

17. FOUR STEP METHOD
1. Give Every Dollar A Job
2. Embrace Your True Expenses
3. Roll With The Punches
4. Age Your Money

18. 1. GIVE EVERY DOLLAR A JOB

19. Bank
£1,000
1. GIVE EVERY DOLLAR A JOB

20. Fuel £150
Groceries
£350
Pubs &
Restaurant
s £200
DIY £50
Leisure £50
Holiday
£200
Bank
£1,000
1. GIVE EVERY DOLLAR A JOB

21. Fuel £150
Groceries
£350
Pubs &
Restaurant
s £200
DIY £50
Leisure £50
Holiday
£200
Bank
£1,000
FRIDAY NIGHT OUT
Old Simon
New
Simon

23. 2. EMBRACE YOUR TRUE EXPENSES

24. 3. ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES
Life changes, so roll with it…
just know what future need
you’re stealing from!
Not doing this is what causes
budgets to fail… we are only
human!

25. 4. AGE YOUR MONEY
Fuel £150 Fuel £150 Fuel £150
Groceries £350 Groceries £350 Groceries £350
Pubs & Restaurants £200 Pubs & Restaurants £200 Pubs & Restaurants £200
DIY £50 DIY £50 DIY £50
Leisure £50 Leisure £50 Leisure £50
Holiday £200 Holiday £200 Holiday £200
June July August
The pay check thing. Helps cushion an emergency when this month’s
money has been used. Spend money today that you earned > 30 days ago.

26. FOUR STEP METHOD
1. Give Every Dollar A Job
2. Embrace Your True Expenses
3. Roll With The Punches
4. Age Your Money

30. FOR FREE…
▪Do it on a spreadsheet
▪Actually use envelopes!
…or

32. An electronic
version of the
envelopes!

33. What I do in YNAB each day

34. I try to check what I’ve
budgeted before I
spend something

35. Their mobile apps are
pretty awesome too (I’m
in the beta group, so I
hope so!)

36. When I spend money, I
try to enter it into the
app straightaway.
It uses GPS to know if
you’re revisiting a shop,
what category and
account you used last
time.

37. Fun Money is definitely
important if you’re
budgeting with a
partner – ‘no questions
asked’ spending!
Then it’s all about Rule 2
and realising I need to
worry about Christmas,
even though it’s June.

38. Already saving up for
holidays coming up and
(trying) to save for
future car purchases.
It’s here I often have to
make a difficult decision
if I’ve overspent
elsewhere.

39. The Wedding budget
group – virtually
untouchable! ;-)

40. My annual bills that I
break down into monthly
chuncks

41. My monthly bills. At the
bottom of the list
because I know if I ‘steal’
budget from here, I’ve
got a problem pretty
soon.

42. Every day or so I clear
my bank trnasactions so
I can double check what
my bank thinks I’ve
spent is what I think.
This is where I catch the
transactions I forgot to
enter.

43. Real Example: Impulse purchase of garden
furniture at the weekend, so I had to decide
we couldn’t budget for new cars this month!

46. Because I’ve overspent this month and I’ve decided to
not steal from my future priorities

47. SPEND GUILT FREE

48. Net assets took a hit last month

49. Because we went on the holiday we’d been saving hard for

50. NEXT STEPS
If things are beyond simple solutions, better experts are out there!
▪Step Change
▪The Debt Advice Foundation
▪National Debtline
▪Citizen’s Advice

51. NEXT STEPS
1. Sign up forYNAB
2. Free for 34 days, $84 a year
3. Use my referral code!
https://ynab.com/referral/?ref=53Ct7oyOAtGzyGjZ
4. Budget what you have
5. Spend according to this
budget
6. Follow the four rules
…their classes are excellent!

52. ▪ YNAB setup
▪ 1:1 coaching
▪ Budgeting with a partner