Jason, I just wanted to make sure you understand that the "Timing" of an allocation is specified in two places: once on your Spending Plan, where you specify First Half/Second Half/All Month for each bucket; and second on the Allocate Income panel (after you click the "Allocate Income" icon) where you specify that the allocation is for the First Half or Second Half of the month.
The setting on the Allocate Income panel seems to adjust automatically based on the current date, but it can be changed. So, for those like myself who are paid once a month, and want to allocate once a month, we must specifically choose a "Second Half" allocation on the first of a month for all of our income to be allocated (since it's already there). I believe this was what Michael was trying to achieve. You really should try to see a difference between the "timing" of a bucket, and the "priority" of a bucket. Priority means deciding that if there are limited funds, the electric bill should always win out against a vacation fund. This setting is best for those that have variable or unpredictable income. Timing means that if you're paid bi- weekly or semi-monthly, you can hold off on allocating to your electricity bucket until the second paycheck, because the bill is due at the end of the month. These settings have different purposes for different situations. I'm glad, however, that Kevin shared how priority figures into timing and allocation. For those that allocate twice a month, it shows how beneficial it would be to always set the timing of low-priority buckets to "Second Half" (in the Spending Plan). It's not a big deal, though, since you can always flow money out of low-priority buckets. //Drew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 no-thirst-software@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to no-thirst-software+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
