Thats a good idea actually... track in two programs to keep things running... Thanks again...
On Feb 1, 10:44 pm, Patrick Burleson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:57 PM, lterenzi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for taking the time to answer Patrick. I want to get this so > > bad because I think it can really help us but I just seem to be > > confuserated (and old blues idiom) by it all. > > You're welcome. I know from personal experience it can be difficult to > get ones head around how all this works. > > > Here's another... For Dining Out I have $300 a month allocated. I want > > all $300 ready to go for the whole month right away. Should I just set > > it to First Half so it's all there ready to go? > > Yep, set it to first half and the bucket will get completely filled > during the first half's allocation. > > > > > Are the main reasons for First Half, Second Half to allocate paychecks > > that come at those intervals. Basically at the beginning of each month > > I want to fill all the buckets for that month right away. Should I > > just set everything to First-Half? > > First and Second half are, at least for me, how I deal with receiving > two paychecks. Some buckets I have set to "all month", which allocates > half their spending plan in each half of the month ( groceries, child > care, gasoline, etc ) are all month for me. > > I use the halves for half of the month specific expenditures. All my > debt repayments are in the first half of the month, so that half fills > my debt repayment bucket. > > The second half has a lot of my utilities, so they get filled in the > second half of the month. > > > > > Still confused... and feeling kind of frustrated and stupid to be > > honest... :( > > To repeat myself, if you haven't watched the tutorials a couple of > times, I'd highly recommend it. I think once you see how a couple of > months work, it will all start making sense. > > I actually tracked my first two months in both MoneyWell and MS Money > in case I decided to go back to MS Money. Needless to say, I haven't > been even tempted to open MS Money now that I've got MoneyWell > cranking. > > Good luck and if you have more questions, just ask. > > Patrick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
