The Jesse Mecham Show
Money shouldn’t be this hard - and it isn’t! Join YNAB founder Jesse Mecham each week as he dives into spendfulness, a mindset that will help you stop second-guessing, spend more confidently, and live the life you want.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 777
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
194 - Question Everything
It's healthy and interesting to question all of your finances at least once a year. Here's why.
193 - Lump Sums (Like a Student Loan)
That student loan disbursement came in? You're not rich. You're broke.
192 - To Automate or Not To Automate, That is the (Lame) Question
It's not about automating or not, it's about eliminating tedium, and increasing awareness.
191 - What If You Didn't Have Reports?
If you could only have one report, what would it be?
190 - The Value of a Fresh Start
Every once in a while, the budget needs good shave. A fresh start, if you will.
189 - Map Your Progress
An Interview with Amy Jones, creator of the awesome Map Your Progress.
186 - Mechams Unplugged
Where Julie and I broadcast our budget meeting (unedited) to the world. Take from it what you can, if anything.
185 - Saving Without a Purpose Isn't Saving At All
Why saving without a purpose isn't really saving at all. You know you've done this.
184 - Pay Off Debt or Save First?
Should you go crazy with your debt? Save some money? Both?
183 - Bills Are Paid...Now What?
What should be the order of prioritization once the necessities are taken care of?
182 - Dealing with Your Financial Scar Tissue
The past is in the past, but it still affects the future. Dealing with financial scar tissue.
179 - Decision Fatigue
The budget lets you let go of so much cognitive overhead. Free yourself from decision fatigue.
177 - Guilt-free spending
The point of having money is to spend it. Also, an attorney joke that takes most of the time.
175 - The Dashmat Principle
High-ticket items deaden your sensitivity to spending amounts you would otherwise weigh carefully. Proceed with caution!