@Iterenzi, Patrick is spot on with this. I am a former Quicken user and it took me 2-3 weeks before my Moneywell "lightbulb" went off. I watched the Videos (numerous times) and kept following this group here. The more you read about it the more it will begin to make sense. Just keep asking questions. The group here is really helpful, as is the developer (Kevin). Don't give up once you get it you'll be happy you made the switch.
I also, tracked my expenses for a few months in both Quicken and Moneywell. Just so I had the "sense" of security that I could refer to my familar way of doing things until I understood Moneywell. Just try and forget how you did things in the past and ask questions. You'll get it... Mike On Feb 2, 12:41 am, lterenzi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
