Tell us a bit about yourself

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I’m 22 and from South Canterbury. I’m a flight instructor with the local aero club teaching people how to fly and achieve their aviation goals. I’ve always been careful with money as my flight training was/is super expensive and starting at 14 years old paying for it myself took a lot of hard work and budgeting.

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What's your money story?

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To fund my flight training I started with a paper run, then got a permanent part time job before school at the local supermarket, which then turned into afterschool as well. Working this much funded my flight training and I had to watch my pennies to ensure I could afford my flight lessons when I needed

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What drew you to BudgetBuddie?

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I saw posts online about the upcoming app and was interested. I wanted a way to track my money better and the UI looked easy enough to do. When early bird sign ups came out I signed up before app release and was eager to get started when the app released and more features released as we’ve gone.

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How has BudgetBuddie changed the way you think about and manage your money?

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For me it’s allowed me to save better. Setting goals in the app has kept me on track and reaching these goals is a great feeling. It’s allowed me to save for things I want such as further flight training and also the needs like paying for wisdom teeth removal. It’s also allowed me to have a better picture of my overall financial situation, with a huge student loan the net worth feature helps me understand where I stand and again allows me to set goals based on this picture. The budget feature keeps me on track and it was scary how much I was spending on things like eating out, but now it’s more controlled as I don’t want to just my budgets

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What’s a money goal that really matters to you, and how is BudgetBuddie helping you work towards it?

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For me my main goal currently is to have a positive net worth. With the big student loan I’d love to get into a positive net worth which I can easily see in the app. Both sides are improving and tracked with my student loan decreasing and savings increasing. With student loan being 0% interest putting my savings to work in investments seems smart and again can be tracked in the app.

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What would you say to someone thinking about using BudgetBuddie?

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Do it! The app has helped me have a better understanding of my financial position and achieving your financial goals is so much easier when you have this understanding

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