Olivia Brooks

Olivia Brooks

Personal Finance Editor

Olivia covers budgeting and the day-to-day money decisions that don't make headlines but determine whether the headline-stuff actually matters. She has used YNAB since 2019, the same spreadsheet template since 2021, and is firmly opposed to the 'rounded numbers' approach to budgets.

Personal finance writer since 2020
Tested every major budgeting app
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