Easy Budgeting for Writers (or anyone else)

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A humble citizen helping us non math people make it rain.

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I do what I can :P

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I'm happy to help :)

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I’m bad at math and I love small dogs. This is the perfect video for me.

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"People who suck at math"... this videos perfect for me!

[@JennaMoreci]

LOLOLOL a lot of writers struggle with math

[@calliegrace98]

I concur!! Lol

[@yapdog]

My wife & I have a monthly budget that we check every day so, effectively, it's a daily budget. But I create a new workbook each year, with a final sheet for yearly tallies. We've eliminated a lot of waste by simply having a monthly budget max and it becomes a kind of a game to not go over. Straight up? If you don't keep track of what you spend, you'll likely not be very successful. *So, LISTEN TO OUR CYBORG QUEEN!*

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ohmygod NICK'S VOICE AT THE END I screamed

[@JennaMoreci]

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[@ClintLoweTube]

One of the most useful vids. Smart financing is not spoken about a great deal.

[@JennaMoreci]

It's soooo important!

[@brennawilhite2511]

I used to feel weird for enjoying counting my money, budgeting, and being hella extra with my to do lists. Now I know that I am just a cyborg!

[@JennaMoreci]

TWINS

[@lucylume]

Same 😂

[@ErinKinsella]

Yeeeeess. I have been EDUCATED! Jenna explained this better than any teacher I've ever had XD

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[@BlinkyTheSpaceCadet]

I liked for you talking dapper with Buttercup! 🤣🤣🤣

[@sociallyineptspider-man2366]

At this point we're all here for the pupper

[@JennaMoreci]

honestly same

[@MsEmminator]

*saves this video* I do believe this video will save my life. As a college student, this could really make a difference. Bless you Jenna. ❤️

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[@mickeymiles9394]

OMG- you should make a Skillshare class!! PLEaSE!!! Budgeting 101 for writers!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 love this video!!!!

[@eyeskindaclosed8891]

I learned more about excel and budgeting in your vid than I did in 3 weeks of class

[@dukeman6008]

You need to have money to actually budget though.

[@trixynetex9692]

Tbh math has never been my problem, but you have no idea how grateful I am to have some actually take the time to show how to set up a budget. Love this video so much! Thank you Jenna 💕

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NOTIFICATION SQUAD WHERE YOU AT?

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You seem to constantly come up with what I need at exactly the time I need it. I came across your platform as my boyfriend was encouraging me to start writing again. Many of your topics have helped me with my own blueprints. You promoted Skillshare when I was trying to learn more about the industry. And now you're helping me budget for my first book! Thank you so much for everything Jenna! And I thank Cliff and Buttercup too, because keeping the Cyborg Queen happy makes all of us happy!

[@j.a.giaquinto]

I knew the formulas for excel but how to do the budget is SUPER helpful! Thank you so much!

[@sergioguzman9736]

I'm about to go study abroad and will have to 100% take care of my spendings, plus I have to save for my book. So this is incredibly useful, Jenna. Thank you!!!

[@yunnazee]

DUUUDE. Love the prompt at the end! And this video was so helpful and amazing. Absolutely loved it!

[@JennaMoreci]

ahhhh yay!!!!!!! thank you

[@g18lu]

This video is important! I've watched a lot of videos on budgeting(it was my new year's resolution) and this is the best! Other budget "tips" just tell you how much to set aside and how much to save up, they basically assume you make a considerable amount and that you know anything at all. What about broke college students who have no idea what they are doing?! I like this system because you're teaching me how to do it myself, how to personalize it and make it fit my situation. Thank you for this!

[@SAVYWRITESBOOKS]

YOUR DOG GETS ME EVERY TIME. SO CUTE. also, i actually really like math!

[@AliciaNyblade]

As someone who's always sucked at math and who knew nothing about spreadsheets before this, thank you, Jenna. May the writing/math gods bless you for this. Now the financial aspects don't seem so overwhelming. :)

[@DarkLight6Tv]

THANK YOU! I cant believe I forgot how to work in excel and you just broke it down like im back in middle school! I love you!

[@LemonThymeArt]

I love spreadsheets! And business/writing/life advice! Also puppy looks like the most adorable fuzzy upright bat!!!!!

[@Yoongistangerinedealer]

This video was surprisingly interesting! Thank you so much Jenna!! :)

[@JennaMoreci]

Aw I'm glad! It's hard to make spreadsheets interesting XD

[@rachaelfarrimond7408]

Thank you for this! The format you outlined is proving EXCEPTIONALLY helpful!! 😀

[@TerranDailey]

Love the finance help, Thanks Jenna! I would love to see more of these type of videos.

[@jkhays]

Excel always intimidated me and now I feel like a pro!!! So glad I found this video! So helpful!!!

[@jacobwells8368]

Even though I already learned this stuff in school, watching this video was beyond awesome. It is so kind of you to make this video to help out your subscribers! Easy and simple budgeting. You may just change the lives of people for the better with this one! Now if you don't mind, I am going to go install excel on my computer...

[@LordofFullmetal]

Oh my god Jenna, you're seriously saving my life with your videos. I had no idea how to do a proper budget and was sitting here wondering why I couldn't save money. Thanks for helping a struggling millennial out haha

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I watched you when I first started writing seriously in 2014, and in 2019 I have surpassed you in Writing Style.

[@annamiljevic8632]

This is awesome, thank you! I had to save this video to refer back to it when I start budgeting next month!

[@johnnypetronel]

This is such a great video. Love your channel, Jenna!😊

[@WilliamBilsters]

This is such a good tutorial not only for writing expenses but basically for every aspect of everyday living! Thank you so much!

[@MagnaGresh]

Hello Jenna, thanks for posting all your videos, ever since I`ve started writing I bingewatched all your videos more than once

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Wow, thank you for this video, Jenna! You always give the best advice! I don't know what i would do without you

[@catherinedoveland2361]

AAAHHHH thank you so much Jenna! I really needed this since college is making me lose track of everything! Also hi Buttercup!

[@fennwenn3317]

I'm looking to leave my parents as soon as possible, and this is really helping me figure out how to manage my money once I'm on my own. Thank you, Jenna.

[@leo-author]

Thank you Jenna. I really needed this. Your Awesome.

[@EGElaughterkillz]

This one is a hard pill for me to swallow but you simplify it really well! Thank you for the video!

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[@calliegrace98]

Thank you so much for this!!! I wish more authortubers would talk about this. Thanks again for shining a light on the ‘scary’ and obscure. Love your videos! 🖤💛

[@kimberlyswartz138]

Thank you so much! This was so useful. I'm about to get my first job and this will help with saving.

[@JennaMoreci]

I'm so glad!

[@ZDMarriott]

Just set up my first ever spreadsheet for the new tax year using this video. Columns that automatically add up my incomings and outgoings! A running total of income! THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO MEEEE.

[@illiengalene2285]

That was surprisingly easy and enjoyable! I am pulling out my Exel on my phone and prepare it for me.😊 I forgot after school, how much I like PCs, Math and programming! Thank you very much!😘

[@veelaliddell]

This is so helpful and thank you so much, you're so kind for wanting to share these tips and help your fans

[@Nahbyr]

A great (if a little basic) start to keep track of your finances. I would have however added the default conditional formatting on the savings line. If i'm not mistaken there's a pretty good one that changes from green to red depending on how far above or below you are compared to your set budget. But like I said, it's better than nothing and most people don't even keep track of their finances, even though they should. If I have time I might create a more detailed spreadsheet in Google Drive for people to copy and use. If I have time and my boss leaves me alone... Might as well write a bestseller and quit my job.

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Thank you so much! This is going to make saving money so much easier!

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Thank you so much for doing this! This is so awesome and helpful!!!

[@sheilajohnson1358]

Have you thought about creating a finance course for skillshare, because some of the instructors have a dull, monotonous voice and it fucking kills! But you have a great teaching presence and I already learned so much from this video. It's awesome. Thanks for making the video and thanks to your patron for requesting it.

[@casey2121]

Hi, Jenna! Thanks so much for doing this video.

[@CareyHAuthor]

This is great! I used to be terrible at managing my funds. Very helpful!

[@Kevlandia]

This actually helped me WAY more than I thought it would. You have made me realize I am a a garbage fire when it comes to money!

[@Zansheree]

The excel tutorial thou !!!!!! Thank you Jenna

[@red_writer]

This video has opened my eyes to what budgeting is actually supposed to be like O_O Time to find out how irresponsible I really am with my money :D In all seriousness, thank you, Jenna. This is super-helpful!

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Literally I don’t know how I survived or did anything before you like did I exist before I found this channel? The answer may surprise you!

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This is so helpful! Thanks Jenna!

[@KandiWethers]

Thank you so much for these kinds of videos!

[@annadavis579]

I love Excel so just a tip, when you did all the totals, you could have clicked and dragged the lower right hand corner across all the rows and it will automatically make the equation for each column :)

[@selispeks]

I really loved this video! Thank you!!!

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Aww how cute is the little pupper 😻😻

[@graysonryder278]

Do you have anything on outlining a trilogy or series in general? I know each should be a stand alone, but the past few years, my trilogy has been an outlining disaster that might now be back at square one.

[@allysaivey6333]

I'll admit, I nerded out with this video. I find working with excel and numbers so relaxing.

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Love this. And, by the way, your dog is so cute...makes me want to run out and adopt a puppy NOW! lol

[@kelseyannelovelady]

Bless you for making this.

[@mochaninja]

I needed this!!! Thank you!

[@CherryDad]

Spreadsheet programs can do the calculations internally! Just enter = and then click the relevant boxes you're dividing

[@malachiowens3423]

Thanks for the video, Jenna. I've never was able to master excel lol

[@JennaMoreci]

hope I was able to help!

[@ZDMarriott]

Jenna, I have been a professional writer for 15yrs and a full-time one for 9. I do my own tax returns (can't afford an accountant) and I have been doing all of my own adding up, literally by hand, with a pencil and a calculator, on a running monthly basis (Incomings, Outgoings, etc.) and then adding up all the totals at the end of each tax year. I have dyscalculia and frankly, doing this is one of the absolute WORST BITS of my job. And now... I NEVER HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN OMG *Chorus of heavenly angels*

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May I just say, I *stan* your shirt.

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Jenna makes math less boring by presenting happy chocolate doggy!

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Hey Jenna, I know I'm not a patreon, and I doubt you'll ever read this, but, could you do a video on how to write mythical beasts in your story? Like, how to include them in a way that seems natural, as if we were writing about a normal animal, like a tiger. i haven't seen any videos like this, and I don't know if you have any experience, but if you do, could you please make a video on it? I really want to include mythical creatures in my story, and I like the way you explain this. Like so Jenna can see this!

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Great video JENNA 👏👏

[@JennaMoreci]

thank you!

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@@JennaMoreci Most welcome stay blessed

[@hikkipedia]

Thank you so much, Queen

[@mtmagicmarkers126]

Super helpful, I was just saying the other day that I want to be savvier with excel.

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great video Jenna!

[@sorenette6780]

I'm kinda allergic to numbers in general, but this was actually very useful. I think I'm gonna use it for my daily life. Thanks!!!!

[@AssasinZorro]

I was expecting more advanced advice. We'll see if that's what others wanted too. Thanks for sharing the basics.

[@AuthorChrisAlex]

OMG...that shirt! 😍 And budgeting! 😖

[@lucylume]

As a budgeting and finance obsesser, this greatly pleases me 😂 I'm a creative and yet I go into DETAIL in my financial tracker... I am a cyborg! Xx p.s that voice at the end! X

[@loverofbookmovies8984]

Thank you. When I was in college in a math class I was like 😕😵😯😭. So am not a math wiz. Thank you Cyborg Queen

[@amyrogers6218]

I'm super excited to try this! I've always written down our budget but we save ZERO fucking money and what I'm doing is not ideal whatsoever. Thanks Jenna and Buttercup! 🖤👍😉

[@DanicaChristin]

I use Everydollar for this, Dave Ramsey's budgeting app. It's free, only downside is you can only get the app if you're in the US. The website the available everywhere though

[@sionnadehr3313]

I suck at math! This is useful :)

[@crystaljones1998]

Thanks! Can you do a video on what to do to earn money while you're working on your book? Also, I'm supposed to start my books by world building, making character profiles, and writing my outline first, right? Thanks! I enjoy your videos! :)

[@finlandssvensk6792]

We actually just learned this in school and I'm only in 9 grade :)

[@AccountGrath]

I know every dog owner is supposed to think their own dog is the cutest, but... your dog is the cutest dog. If you ever doubt your own perspective, you now have an outside opinion to put your mind at ease.

[@storyworldofem]

When the biggest amount you can save is on the negative side because student life and depending on loans for survival... 😂Just this morning I thought "Oh, one day when I'm rich and famous I'll own more than one mug to drink my tea out of" 👍 Love the video though! If it weren't for some really badass budgeting, I couldn't even go to uni and live on my own.

[@fatimasamira3695]

Thank you

[@sleepyqueenhadou3013]

Your doggo is so cutoo

[@BungleJum]

Yay new video!!!!!!! Yayyyyy!!!! Also hi, Buttercup you’re very cute. ❤️

[@danespear7327]

I'm oddly frustrated by the title being merged and centered to an extra cell across