I also like the fact that there is a memo for the buckets themselves. Starting with the new year, I'll be using this field to keep track of how I came up with the bucket totals, so that when a component of the bucket changes, I know how much to change the bucket amount. For instance, you could specify the estimated amount of each of your loan payments in the Debt Repayment bucket memo to remind you where the total came from.
Also, for Auto, you could note how much is fuel, service, etc. If fuel prices double, but your driving habits can't change, you know how much to increase the bucket by. This is helping me reduce my dependency on spreadsheets, for which I'm grateful. Blair On Jan 1, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Karen wrote: > > Hi Jaysen.... I'm having my own budgeting problems and you made me > laugh when you said you are slower than most. I don't think so! :-) > When I'm paying credit card bills, credit line or mortgage, my Payee > is the bank name and my bucket is "Debt Repayment." They're all with > different banks so I know which is which. (Death to the credit > monster!) I usually add a Memo if something is different than usual. > > Karen > Not Normal Either > > On 1-Jan-09, at 12:12 PM, Jaysen wrote: > >> >> I know I am slower than most, but I think I made a boo boo. Hopefully >> someone can offer some quick and simple guidance. >> >> Following Kevin's KISS principle for bucketing I did not create >> buckets for each loan payment. I allocated my car payments in either >> "Debt Repayment", "Automobile", or "Loans". Now a normal person >> probably would have updated the descriptions to indicate which >> expenses are associated with which bucket, but I have never claimed >> "normalcy". >> >> So what do the rest of you do? I figure I have to sort all this out >> as >> I did this for just about every bill I have. Luckily some are easier >> than others. It is hard for me to confuse just what the "Gas and >> Electric" bucket is for. >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
