Free, from the show
The sheet from the episode. Yours, free.
The Thousand Planner is the sheet you watched fill in on screen, row for row. Take-home pay at the top, every bill, the card, and the line at the bottom that says what's left. Google Sheets or Excel. About five minutes to fill in your first month.
| The Thousand Planner | Month 1 |
|---|---|
| Take-home pay | $1,000 |
| Rent | $525 |
| Groceries | $180 |
| Gas | $70 |
| Car insurance | $110 |
| Phone | $35 |
| Card minimum | $45 |
| Fun | empty |
| Car fund | empty |
| Everything else | empty |
| Spending | $965 |
| Left over | $35 |
Six tabs. Here's what each one does.
- This month
Your take-home pay at the top, every bill under it, and one line at the bottom: Left over in green, or Short in mustard. It opens blank at Month 1, like the start of the episode.
- 24 months
Two years side by side, the same rows, with running totals and a month counter that moves on as you fill it in.
- Card payoff
Your balance, your rate, your payment. It shows how many months to zero and what the interest adds up to, next to what paying only the minimum would cost.
- Savings
A safety net and a car fund side by side: the goal, what you put in each month, and the month you get there.
- Example and Start here
Jay's numbers from episode 1, Month 1 to Month 3, so you can see a filled-in month, and a one-page how-to.
How it works
Type your first name and email.
No card, no password. Tick the box only if you want our emails.
The download starts.
One .xlsx file, on the next page. In Excel, click Enable Editing at the top. In Google Sheets, use File > Import > Upload.
Fill in This month.
Take-home pay first, then every bill. The bottom line does the math.
Why it looks like this
Thousand A Month tells one person's money life at a time, starting on $1,000 a month. Every dollar is on screen and every rule is sourced. The sheet in the stories is this sheet. Same rows, same order, same colors: green for money in and progress, mustard for interest and short months. No red anywhere.
- Money in, progress
- Interest, short months
It's not an app.
Nothing connects to your bank, and nothing you type leaves your copy of the sheet.
After the Planner
The Planner runs your month. The Workbook runs your year.
The Year One Workbook is a worksheet for each month of the first year, one mechanic from the show each: the bills calendar, the card, the raise, several debts, sinking funds, and a year scoreboard at the end. About 20 minutes on the first Sunday.
$19, one-time. Excel, Google Sheets and a printable PDF guide. 30-day refund, no questions. The Planner stays free either way.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Type your first name and email, and the file downloads on the next page. No card, no trial.
Google Sheets or Excel?
Both. It's an .xlsx file: open it in Excel, or in Google Sheets with File > Import > Upload.
Will you email me?
Only if you tick the box. Without it, we keep your name and email so we know who downloaded the Planner, and we don't send you anything. Tick it and we'll email you each new episode's sheet and the occasional offer, like the paid Year One Workbook. Unsubscribe anytime.
Is this financial advice?
No. The Planner does arithmetic on numbers you type in. The money facts in the show are general information, not financial advice.
Start at Month 1.
The sheet opens blank, the same way the episode does.
Want the whole year? The Year One Workbook, $19 until Nov 30 →