I know you have said in other posts like your income buckets really wont match you account balance but let me throw out my story here and see if i am even making sense.
So I have been using MW now for a month. I know I am not using it exactly as it supposed to be used for now... I am kind of establishing my spending plan and learning as I go. For instance, I didn't plan to buy MW (and many other things) when I created my plan. I was going to just try it out. So I bought it and created a bucket for Computer Software after the fact as i also decided to upgrade to Leopard and to upgrade my old financial program (iBank) as a fall back. So I assigned transactions to that bucket and did a manual flow from income to bring that bucket back to zero because I did indeed use money from my income buckets to buy the software. In fact I would say most of MW transactions outside of bills, gas, etc. have occurred this way. There is no way I could have foreseen all the little expenses and things that would pop up so I created buckets or wedged that transaction into existing buckets. Gift purchases popped up, other events and etc. etc etc. had us spending WAY outside our initial "plan." Keep in mind our initial plan really only included bills, gas, dining out, some entertainment... Is that a good way to flesh out your spending plan? If you buy something or realize you need a new category do you create the bucket, assign the transaction, do a manual flow and then add it into your spending plan for future months? Because of an unexpected trip our gas and dining buckets got blown way out of our spending plan. Again, since I used the money from my income buckets I just did a manual flow to zero them out instead of worrying that I was negative $200 for dining next month. Yes, I fully understand that this is not how I need to think about my finances and I will (I already have actually) but I am more about getting my head around the concept still and not be fooled into thinking I have more than I do. Just trying to figure out why I seem to have $1000 more in my income buckets than I actually have in my account. Just when I thought I had it... *sigh* Thanks Lenny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
