Straight answers to the money questions this app keeps raising

Four topics, each a short read rather than an endless one. Every question is answered in a single sentence first, then explained properly. Nothing here is financial advice and nothing here is sponsored.

How do you make a budget that actually sticks?

The first month, an income that is different every time, pay that arrives every two weeks rather than every month, sinking funds for the costs you can see coming, and how many categories you can keep up with before you stop bothering. 8 answers.

Where should your savings actually sit?

What a high-yield account is for, what makes a rate good, what APY measures, and how much of your money belongs somewhere it cannot fall. 5 answers.

What is worth knowing before you invest anything?

Index funds in plain English, the true cost of a fee over decades, debt versus investing, and what happens to your money when the market falls. 5 answers.

How much should you save, and how do you keep track of it?

How much of your income to save, whether typing entries in beats connecting your bank, and how to record money you put away without it looking like spending. 3 answers.