If you’re already a user, sign up for the YNAB Weekly Roundup for more bite-sized budgeting tips and tricks.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. YOU NEED A BUDGET BUDGET FOR FREEReady to create your own budget masterpiece? Try YNAB for free for 34 days. Experiment with adding a little bit of flair to your budget and find what works for you! □ Use your phone’s keyboard to add emojis to the category line of your budget, or if you’re a web user, copy and paste them from elsewhere. And, in a way, they can make budgeting more fun all around. Using emoji can make your budget more efficient and more visually appealing. Add emojis to the memo section so that you can search by emoji later. The category name would be something like, Hobbies (, ). I have a hobby category, so I use “ ” for baking, “ ” for art stuff, etc. The memo field is fully searchable, and you can even put the emoji in the category name to help you remember which emojis you are using. When entering a transaction, try using an emoji as a “tag” in the memo field. Use different emojis to denote different family member expenses. You could also use emoji to mark categories that include shared expenses. Mark categories for specific household membersĭo other members of your family have their own categories? Have each user pick an emoji for quick reference. A red “x” emoji is a good way to indicate a “Don’t Touch” category. Use emoji to mark categories that you don’t want to touch, like your Emergency Fund! or both work well. We want you to roll with the punches, but also understand that not all categories are fair game. Create “subcategories” under a category by using emojis. This is helpful for categories where you know you want to out money aside, but aren’t sure exactly what you’ll use it for, like Fun Money (, , ). Use arrows or other emoji in the category name to create your own “subcategories”. Use emojis to more easily identify which of your accounts are checking, savings, or credit cards. If you have several account types in your budget, using emoji in the account name can help you identify different accounts quickly! For example, you can use for credit cards or for savings. (Favorites: ◎,, ❖) Use emojis to create a page break in your budget. If you have a lot of account types in your budget, this can keep everything nice and tidy. Create an unlinked account with a zero balance, then repeat an emoji to create the illusion of a line. While there isn’t a way to ‘group’ your accounts in YNAB, you can use emoji to help create ‘dividers’. Some of my personal favorites include for groceries, for the wish farm, and for stuff I forgot to budget for. And as an additional benefit, emojis can also help you quickly locate a particular category.Ĭ heck out this video for even more tips about customizing your budget. So, use emojis to inject a little joy into your budget. While we all love budgeting, there are times when it can feel a bit mundane. Adding emojis to your budget is quick and fun-and can actually be really helpful. (I, for one, would totally go to a gallery of budgets and I suspect some of you would too.)īut your budget doesn’t have to be boring. They’re just not very exciting to look at for most people. However, objectively speaking, there’s a reason budgets aren’t displayed in galleries or shown off on the red carpet. Because of course we do-we’re all about budgeting. Here at YNAB, we believe all budgets are beautiful.
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