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Evans Basics: minimalist budget categories
Evan Purkhiser keeps spending in a few broad buckets: Consumable Food, Experiences and Utility. Categories prefixed with z- park anything to ignore, and a Waiting on Refund category tracks money still owed back.
- 3 groups
- 11 categories
- 21 subcategories
- Simple (under 40)
- Solo / single
- Salaried employee
All 35 categories in Evans Basics
Consumable Food
- Restaurants
- Coffee Shops
- Snacks
- Alcohol, Bars
- Food Delivery
- Groceries
Experiences
- Therapist
- Shopping
- Entertainment
- Travel
- Personal Care
- Self-improvement
- Gifts
- Relational Goodwill
Utility
- Rent
- Utilities
- Services
- Phone Bill
- Health
- Transportation
- Bank Fees
Other spending categories
- Savings
- ATM
- Other
- z-venmo
Income categories
- Income Income
- Income (bonus) Income
- Income (marketplace) Income
Transfers and excluded categories
- Waiting on Refund Excluded from budget Excluded from totals
- z-ignored Excluded from budget Excluded from totals
- z-loans Excluded from budget Excluded from totals
- Payment, Transfer Excluded from budget Excluded from totals
How to use this template in Lunch Money
Click Copy entire setup at the top of this page, then paste it into Lunch Money as a preset. See the import steps.
Want only part of it? Mix and match categories in the library to build your own template.
