I'm not trying to convince you that not accounting for every dollar is the best way to go – I simply offered my approach as a suggestion. I am instead trying to convince you that perhaps not everyone uses bucket amounts in the same way, and therefore the suggestion of a blanket behavior in how they should be managed might frustrate some users. Some need definite accounting, and some can handle an abstraction of how they use their money.
At the risk of repeating myself, I use buckets to map out what I want to SPEND, and not to account for every penny I have. I do have a Savings bucket, which I quickly "spend" by transferring to my savings account, along the old adage to "pay yourself first." For me, having a big lump just sitting in a Savings bucket makes it too tempting to tell myself it's alright to flow a little bit to another bucket and spend it. "Out of sight, out of mind" really does work for me - I'm forced to work with what I told myself I would spend, and decide where to make sacrifices. I can use simple math if I really have to know exactly how much I have saved, just like you can use simple math (or a few mouse clicks) to make sure buckets = accounts. I think it's great that we all can use the same tool in different ways. Please don't force a concrete link that would impose a different way of thinking on me. I don't want to see red flags that my buckets are out of balance, when to me they are perfectly balanced. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
