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Y’all hired the right person for this job. The’s videos are _great_, and this woman is doing a great job with them. Like, who would have thought I’d subscribe to a budgeting channel lol

UPDATE: The roomba was gifted to Mac and I as a wedding gift! Time to swap out for a new wish!! DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUUUUUE. :) -Hannah 🌻

Awesome video, Hannah! I wish the wish farm were a feature of YNAB. The process of creating categories, then deleting could be automatized by a new feature. Just an idea...

That disclaimer about sesame seeds in dairy products is everything. Thank you.

I love the idea of having a wish farm but always wondered what to do with the goals after because I didn't want to hide a million goals lol! Thank you! :)

I always have to come back and reference these videos bc I always forget how to handle it after I am able to purchase the wish and need to move it out lol

This has changed the way I budget so much! Almost always when I overspent, it was in my “🎉Treat Yo’self” category and I covered it with “😳Stuff I Forgot To Budget For”, but that didn’t encourage me to curb impulse spending. (And yeah, I know I wasn’t using the category correctly but it felt like “free” money just lying around and was too tempting.) So I got rid of Stuff I Forgot entirely and put that money into my wish farm instead. Now either way, the money is being used for a treat, so I don’t feel deprived, but I have more clarity about what my choice is when I’m considering a purchase. Do I want to dip into my money for a gaming laptop just to get a couple of coffee mugs? Usually no. And if I really did forget to budget for a necessity, I still have extra I can pull from without too much hassle.

The more I learn, the cooler YNAB seems 😊

So, about Hannah needing a "plant hobby category", I have in addition to a "wish farm" a "hobby farm" for hobbies that need supplies purchased more frequently than the one-off items in the wish farm, but still do not have to happen every month. Because when I was trying to buy all those things out of my fun money category, I was finding that I never saved up for activities outside of the house (like socializing with friends and family). My hobby farm categories get a bit of planned funding assigned to them each month and then at the end of the month I look at things like my grocery category and if I have any funds left over I can choose to send it to a hobby farm category or a wish farm category. I find that having the hobby categories in the "hobby farm" makes it even more fun and inspiring than if they were sitting elsewhere in my budget category groups. So by having an orchid plant hobby category, I have funds saved for occasional supplies like new potting medium, fertilizer, etc. to take care of the orchids I already have, but I can also save in that category to buy a new orchid plant.

Still new to YNAB, but absolutely love it so far. Unfortunately for me, paying off debts are my wish farm, lol. But I do love this idea, and it's one more incentive to buckle down and become debt free.

I wasn't interested in the Wish Farm before this video. Now I'm excited to make my list ☺️ Maybe it will help to curb my "miscellaneous" category spending habit lol.

YNAB needs to build the wish farm into the program itself! This would really help people move towards their goals in a sustainable way!

I have an Excel with everything I want. Writing things down instead of buying right away, means I buy the things that bring me the most joy instead of just the first thing that came into my mind. However, I only allow to plant wishes that I at least wanted at three different occasions. This cut back on buyers remorse a lot.

I love YNAB and Hannah makes these videos super entertaining. Thanks ya'll!

Perfect timing! I used to use a Wish Farm but sort of fell out of the habit and started impulse spending... Time to get back into it!! Thanks Hannah

Great video as always, Hannah!

Please do a video on budgeting for starting a family- having a baby, adopting, foster care.

Super cool system! Thanks Hannah

Hannah you rock. Keep these coming.

Super amazing!!!!! Love it!!!!

omg such a fun video! Thanks!

Another great video…and wow, your handwriting is incredible! “No problem dollars, do I have the job for you…” 🤣

Merci pour cette vidéo, très cool ! Et pour ce principe de la Wish Farm que j'ai très envie d'essayer.

11:56 "what is good" is my fav part btw lol great video!

I stopped YNAB-ing for months because of financial difficulties (there were sudden expenses that required me to cut off things, YNAB was unfortunately one of them 🥺), but as things settled down I think I am ready to restart. I'm glad I found this new video about wish farm, that makes me excited about budgeting again! I had my wish farm previously, but I didn't realize I could just delete the wish farm category once it's completed and automatically assign then to the proper category; I used to transfer the money from my wish farm category to the proper category and deleting it manually. Super excited to go back to YNAB! Thank you for this fresh explanation Hannah!

I've had a Wish Farm in my YNAB ever since your video last year on Wish Farming. I bought a few medium and big ticket items with that plan. Can't wait to watch this video today! As I complete them I move the items to a funded category and then move a new S-M-L item from my Wish List up to the Wish Farm.

You're the best! YNAB is the best!

Seriously love your videos!

Talented lady ..thank you

Very helpful! Love how a wish list and wish farm can keep budgets from seeming devoid of fun and whim. Also, you must be an Aldi shopper! I recognize that cheese from my fridge 😂

This is a great video! I'm a couple of months into YNAB and would love a video on how to make the most of the reports feature.

I'm loving these videos. Just got started with YNAB a couple days ago (still on the trial) and trying to figure it out. But so far I am getting HOOKED! Loaded my entire budget, turned on auto-feeds from my cards and banks and trying to make sure i don't miss anything. The one thing that I always missed before on other budgeting apps was the TRUE EXPENSES. The ones that come up only every 6 months or 12 months. Those just slip up on you and smack you across the head! But if you plan them out in YNAB, they won't! My biggest priority now is paying off debt. I've traditionally been behind the 8 ball and ended up short every month, but after listing everything in YNAB, it looks like I actually have money left over! WHAT? How did that happen?! It's magic! I think? Thanks again for the great video and I'll definitely put this to work!

I love the wish farm. It has prevented me from so many frivolous purchases. Hannah, any chance you’re planning a “fresh start” video? I’ve been budgeting for almost a year and am wondering whether that’s a good plan…

Hi, I haven't received my T-shirt yet ! the offer you had around last month i guess!!

Done.

I love your videos! Also - where did you get that fantastic sweatshirt?

Great video! Question - do you have any tips for using the Wish List and Wish Farm with a partner? Maybe his and hers wish lists and wish farms...then any extra money that comes in gets split 50/50 to each farm?

We have a long wish list. We have a single line in our "Life & Living" group. Since funding our infrequent expenses is still shaky - thank you debt! - we slide money into the Wish Farm category. Every quarter we will review where we are at and if we *need* or really, really *want* something and have the money to cover it. If so, we get it. If not, we wait another quarter (or so)... Once we are YNAB broke (debt free) the game will change quite a bit. All infrequent expenses will get fully funded and we can finally put a larger amount to the Wish Farm category. Then every month is Christmas!

Fun Video. Something I did recently is treat the “Wish Farm” kind of items a bit like the “Profits First” principal. By allocating 1% to wishes to initially, I can always make progress. As other priorities are addressed, I can slowly increase the percentage assigned to Wishes.

Hey Hannah, this is an unrelated question. In your month ahead scenarios, how do you handle left over funds that are not accounted for until the end of the month? Thanks!!

How would you balance this idea with a major purchase like a new sofa or something definitely over $1-2k? I'm thinking maybe choosing to focus on a larger purchase/ home project vs wish farm at a time. Thoughts?

Hannah, lovely and beaming with wit as always. Wish Farm is great. New to farming so I needed more explanation on how to progress the transaction after buying the WF item. Went back to your first Start A Wish Farm vid. You explained and showed in more detail how that happens on the computer. :-)

I'm currently saving up for a telescope, a sewing machine, and noise-cancelling headphones. BUT I love your sweatshirt! Where did you get it?!

Why do I see your new videos on my recommended page but not on my subscribers page? I’m subscribed to you guys. Does it happen to anyone else?

Great swaeter! Where to buy? How many to budget? :-)

I like to call mine a wish garden 🪴🥰

The one that got away!!😂

Just the phrase "wish farm" makes me happy lol

Get a used roomba! They are so easy to find used and are usually half price ish!

Hello Hannah, is the wish farm a concept of yours that you propose to YNAB or is it a YNAB concept ? Love from Morocco and yes I ❣️ the wish farm concept 🥰😁

"aww crap... came out the drainage hole... " lol

and also the toy. Saw that!

Sunlight= not keeping the wishes in the dark. Verbalising the wish so that (trusted) others can ask you how its going or journaling about it so that you can look back and remember that it was important/how long you have wanted it

LOL Poor Julip!! She's gonna go crazy with her new toy ..the Roomba..you are so mean! That pooch is gonna be exhausted!

How would you run this for a shared budget? Could see it getting a bit complicated. Thanks, though, love it as always!

We need new videos from Hannah. We miss you!!

Help! How do I get the cheddar out of my laptops heat sink???

Can you please explain why you would delete the category once you’ve funded it and spent the money? Could you make a hidden/archived “farmed” category or something too?

Love this! But I can't even make my wish farm list because I'm so concerned about where Hannah's gorgeous ring went! It was sparkling at me in the beginning of the video and then it disappeared and I'm worried it's buried with the cheese. (And since this video is like 7 months old, that would be some moldy cheese.)

I wish you could grow Cheese in a pot like that...

All trees are literally plants, big or small!

hello Hanna. Please should subscriptions I want, which are not needs, say subscriptions for sports (this world cup or the basketball app or NFL,etc) fall under my wish farm because i want them but can leave without them or should they fall under my monthly expenses because they are charged every month?

love the video very informative.. But you lost your ring half way the video..:) :P did you plant it in the cheddar cheese. .ROFL

How do you safe a target with an open date as seen in 10:27 like it appears "needed eventually" on Android or Web?

Do you have a video going more into depth of hiding/deleting categories? I just went to delete my first category (a CC that I paid off) and it prompted me, like it did to you here, about past transactions and how YNAB would need to take the money covering those transactions and reassign it. Thing is, that would throw my Account Balance off, right? For now, I just have it hidden until I can figure it out without breaking my account. Thanks!

why does it only have to be 3 items at a time? what if you don't have any small items left but have more medium items? do you put 2 mediums items in your wish farm or just one medium at all times?

I struggle a bit with the wish farm: either I end up funding the low value ones because I can finish them off quickly, but then the high value ones never get any money, or I spread it around all categories, but then nothing ever reaches completion... :( Any tips?

wait tax is not added lol?

Do you then delete the category and start fresh??

I feel like you could possibly also skip the wish list part and just keep your L, M, and S lists in the notes section. Then just change the name and budget accordingly..

Did she plant seeds in cheese?