What you’ll learn
- Track income and spending without obsessing over every rupee
- Build a monthly budget using simple categories
- Start and grow an emergency fund
- Choose a debt repayment strategy that fits you
Course content
3 sections · 9 lessons · 41 min
Know your numbers3 lessons · 14 min
- Three months of spending in one hourVideo · 12 min
- Income and fixed costsReading · 1 min
- Keep categories simpleReading · 1 min
Plan the month3 lessons · 16 min
- Building your budgetVideo · 14 min
- Pay yourself firstReading · 1 min
- The emergency fundReading · 1 min
Debt and staying on track3 lessons · 11 min
- Avalanche or snowball?Video · 9 min
- Paying off debtReading · 1 min
- The monthly check-inReading · 1 min
Requirements
- Access to your recent bank statements
- A spreadsheet or budgeting app
Description
Budgets fail when they're too strict or too complicated. This course teaches a simple, flexible method: know your numbers, decide where money goes before the month starts, and automate the rest. You'll build your own budget, start an emergency fund and make a plan for any debt. This course is educational and isn't individual financial advice.
Instructor
Personal finance educator
- 4.5 instructor rating
- 46 reviews
- 109 learners
- 2 courses
I teach personal finance in plain language: budgeting, saving and long-term investing, without hype or jargon. My courses are educational and not individual financial advice.
4.5 course rating · 22 reviews
- Sam Kapoor5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Clear explanations and practical examples throughout.
- Meera Tanaka5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
The instructor explains things really clearly.
- Leila Banerjee4.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Helpful content. Would love a follow-up course.
- Noah Haddad4.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Clear and friendly teaching style.
- Rohan Menon5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Loved the reading notes, easy to come back to later.
- Rahul Okeke5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Clear explanations and practical examples throughout.
- Nisha Pillai5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Short lessons that fit around work. Finished it in a week.
- Emma Martin5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Practical from the very first lesson.
- Mateo Novak4.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Solid fundamentals, well paced.
- Ishaan Wang5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Much better than the free videos I tried before.
- Marco Gupta4.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Useful and to the point. I'd recommend it to colleagues.
- Wei Dubois3.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Decent introduction, but I already knew most of it.
- Hannah Nair5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
One of the best short courses I've taken.
- Omar Silva4.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Solid fundamentals, well paced.
- Alex Ahmed3.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Decent introduction, but I already knew most of it.
- Isha Garcia5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
The instructor explains things really clearly.
- Ayesha Joshi4.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Helpful content. Would love a follow-up course.
- Karan Hassan5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
The instructor explains things really clearly.
- Adaeze Chen5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
The avalanche vs snowball explanation helped me finally pick one.
- Siddharth Müller5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Built my emergency fund in eight months following this.
- Zara Reddy5.0 · Oct 22, 2026
First budget I've kept for more than two months. The simple categories are key.
- Pablo Murphy4.0 · Oct 22, 2026
Clear and non-judgmental. Great for beginners.