I wanted to let you guys know that I checked everything and could not find it. So... I went back and added the amount to my starting cash and it they match now. I'm not totally convinced that this is still the best thing to do but I did use an external spreadsheet to figure my reconciled up to date dollar amount and my top left balance was correct so I felt that it couludn't hurt me too much to adjust it.
Thanks for your discussion! It would be nice if there was a way to ensure a check. And just to weigh in on the debate, I have a Savings bucket where I put an "extra," but personally, I never have any. : [ Dave On Apr 17, 1:28 am, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 16, 6:24 pm, Druzyne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > Understood, but you could also mark the Surplus bucket as hidden to > keep it out of sight, or as Blair suggested, MoneyWell could figure > out what this surplus amount is when you first set up so you would > still get the goodness of the checking. > > > 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. > > That's fine and could be achieved by putting an option to disable the > checking in the preferences if you truly did not want it. My argument > is that this type of checking should be enabled by DEFAULT, as this > seems to be a common stumbling block for new users. > > If you really want to let your balances diverge, fine, but this should > be a conscience decision and you should be aware of the pitfalls in > doing so. Judging from the many posts to this group, most users are > unintentionally creating divergences between their balances and > getting confused. > > -Lance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
