On Feb 13, 2009, at 8:59 PM, RiverKeeper wrote:

> So, now that we've moved for my Internship, gotten settled in, and our
> expenses are evening out a bit, I'd like to "start over" in terms of
> my expense buckets.  There's lots of red, and now we know where our
> "fill" lines really need to be in this [expensive] part of the
> country, we need to keep within these limits, but it would feel much
> better to not see past red.  How do I do this?
>
Hi Jason,

You don't have to start over just change your cash flow start date.

> I've looked at Change Cash Flow Start Date a bit, but the income
> buckets got all wacky.  I saw a post that might have addressed this,
> but I wasn't sure it applied to my situation.  I have my real-time
> balance for my checking account, credit cards, and savings account
> right now.  I also haven't yet allocated all of the student loan money
> yet, so that should be alive in that income bucket (Student Loan).
> I'd rather not allocate it now as it's more of a fallback even though
> I know I'll need to use it monthly.

When you start your cash flow over, simply add up all the money that  
you want to allocate and use that as the amount in that panel. If you  
don't want to allocate your student loan money, then you can leave it  
out of that amount.

As an alternative, set the order of your income buckets so that your  
salary bucket(s) are first and your loan bucket is last. Include all  
your available cash in the cash flow start amount, including your loan  
money, but when you set up your buckets leave the loan bucket out of  
your combined income bucket set (keep that option turned off for that  
bucket). Then you can allocate just from your salary income bucket(s)  
and create money flows from your loan bucket only when necessary.

Some people get confused that the cash flow start only allows them to  
put the money into one bucket. Just pick one to put all the money into  
and drag that bucket to other income buckets to spread it around after  
that. Let me know if you need more help.

Peace,

Kevin Hoctor
[email protected]
No Thirst Software LLC
http://nothirst.com
http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com


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