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Posts with Tag β†’ budget

Mrs. MP is no longer frustrated with our couple budget!

posted in Lifestyle on Mon 25 January 2021, by MP Comments
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Mrs. MP's frustration with our budget and finances completely disappeared after applying this process :)

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The blog celebrates its 7th anniversary πŸŽ‰ (with a new project for 2021!)

posted in Other on Wed 20 January 2021, by MP Comments
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My adventure as a Swiss blogger has been a waking dream for 7 years. And this year promises to be another great one!

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Pants down! MP family's 2019 Swiss spendings!

posted in Finance on Fri 30 October 2020, by MP Comments
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I reveal in this article our Swiss family's spendings over the 2019 year.

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What is frugalism?

posted in Lifestyle on Mon 14 October 2019, by MP Comments
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Ever wondered what is frugalism? Here is the answer!

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How to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 4 β€” The great leap

posted in Lifestyle on Mon 07 October 2019, by MP Comments
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After the creation of a common budget for our common couple expenses, I felt a need for simplification and a move to the next level in order to have a common vision, a single common bank account, and a single common YNAB budget. Here's how it happened :)

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Pants down! MP family's 2018 spendings!

posted in Finance on Fri 20 September 2019, by MP Comments
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Since the beginning of the blog, I had never taken the time to write such an article where we reveal our annual expenses. It's now done :)

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How to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 3 β€” Setting up a real budget with YNAB

posted in Lifestyle on Mon 25 March 2019, by MP Comments
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While our financial life followed its course with a common account and expenses split at the pro-rata of our salaries, we always had to manage unexpected invoices... So we decided to create a real budget with YNAB.

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Eat healthy and frugally in Switzerland (for less than CHF 3 per meal only!)

posted in Lifestyle on Sun 17 February 2019, by MP Comments
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Until now, food was one of the only topics I had not addressed in terms of financial optimization. We decided to change this for good in 2019 with Mrs. MP!

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Ask the readers: how many CHF do you spend on groceries a month?

posted in Lifestyle on Tue 05 February 2019, by MP Comments
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I have had the plan to tackle our food expenses for many months. The project has now begun. While waiting for the next article, I have a question for you, dear reader.

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How to onboard your partner on a common budget and on the financial independence dream | Step 2 β€” Pro rata spendings and joint account

posted in Lifestyle on Mon 03 December 2018, by MP Comments
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After our first years of living together, I started earning my first salaries. We therefore reviewed our way of managing our expenses to move to a pro rata of our earnings. And we also opened our first joint account.

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