Hi Bill, I would have thought the same, but Kevin and Drew are saying that as the buckets are set to all month, the setting should be the second half. I will try next month. I have no more money to allocate :-(
Best wishes Michael On Jun 9, 11:14 am, The Watkinson Family <thewatkins...@mac.com> wrote: > Michael, > > If I understand you correctly, I think that you would want to set the > allocation for 1st Half. This will ensure that when you want to > allocate on the 1st of the month, all your money will be allocated in > the 1st half (which is the half that you're in on the 1st of the > month). I hope this makes sense. > > If you were to select second half on all of your buckets, they would > not be allocated unless you selected Allocate Income sometime during > the second half of the month. > > Grace to you, > Blair > > On Jun 8, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Jason wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks everybody for the helpful responses! > > > On Jun 8, 6:09 am, bazcurtis <bazm...@bazmac.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hi all, > > >> This is what I was trying to achieve, just for clarity. > > >> All my direct debits come out of Moneywell on the 1st of the month. I > >> am paid on the first on the month. I want to fill my buckets in one > >> go > >> at that time. From what I am reading I need to set the allocate > >> income > >> to the 2nd half of the month and all will be well. Looking forward to > >> next month :-) > > >> Best wishes > > >> Michael > > >> On Jun 8, 3:13 am, Druzyne <drew.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
