In today's installment of Money Stories, Jesse talks with YNAB Ambassador Christopher Campbell, a 33-year old marketing director living in Portland, ME. Christopher learned the value of budgeting from an early age, when his mother taught him and his siblings how to put aside money for things they wanted. She led by example, too, always setting aside money for Christmas and birthdays, for emergencies or unexpected expenses, on a middle class income.
Looking to build on the budgeting habits instilled by his mom, Christopher began using YNAB 4 in 2014, and fell in love with both the simplicity of the method and the precision of the software. Using YNAB, Christopher has been able to achieve many notable financial goals -- paying off his student loans and becoming debt-free while living in notoriously expensive Manhattan, purchasing a motorcycle he had wanted since he was a kid, and helping others improve their financial wellbeing through personal coaching and social media. Christopher also enjoys travel, and has learned how to "travel hack" his way through many trips using credit cards rewards. And, because he uses YNAB and reconciles daily, he pays his cards off monthly and never carries a balance!
You can follow Christopher on Instagram: @christopherjcampbell
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240 - What Learning YNAB Looks Like
239 - Blank Slate
238 - Outsourcing
237 - Thinking Aloud About "To Be Budgeted"
236 - Working at YNAB
235 - The Simple Path to Wealth
234 - Deep Work for Dialed In Priorities
233 - One of the Richest Men in the World was a Bookkeeper
232 - Treat Yourself
231 - When You're Paid Every Day
230 - Budgeting with a Partner
229 - Simplify: Decision Fatigue
228 - Think Long, Act Now: Focus & Start Now
227 - A Report on Our "Cash is King" Budget
226 - Cars and the Identities that Drive Them
225 - Moments that Force You to Question Your Priorities
224 - Think Long, Act Now: Savings & Your Budget
223 - Deal w/ your Debt: Be Strategic
222 - Deal w/ your Debt: Changing Habits
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