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Re: YNAB makes it difficult to plan ahead!
@WordTenor P.S. I apologize, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm really not a jerk in real life. So I'm sorry if this has come across that way. I was just a little shocked that a request for…
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Re: YNAB makes it difficult to plan ahead!
@WordTenor To me, the whole point of setting a goal is to plan for money that I don't have yet. Then you plan ahead to accumulate the money in a responsible way.…
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Re: What if I want to set a goal to save up for just one thing?
@Faness Awesome, thanks for the reply. I remember seeing that blog post, but I must not have read the whole thing. At the end it specifically addresses my problem, and gives the solution.…
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What if I want to set a goal to save up for just one thing?
I can see that you can set savings goals for categories, and generally, that is a really cool feature. But what if you have other stuff happening in that category?…
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Re: YNAB makes it difficult to plan ahead!
OP here again... After seeing the responses here, let me try my same question from a different angle, since clearly I'm missing something. After your budget, scheduled transactions,…
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Re: YNAB makes it difficult to plan ahead!
@Jannelle Very cool, thank you. I didn't see that link before. I will try to summarize my request and submit this through that page.
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Re: YNAB makes it difficult to plan ahead!
@WordTenor That's not necessarily the case with me. Before starting YNAB, I was already budgeting so I start the month with a healthy surplus to be applied to the next month's bills.…
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Re: YNAB makes it difficult to plan ahead!
@nolesrule @doctor_who For the record, my suggestion was to have a "Future" look, and the current Income & Expenses report does not show any upcoming goals or expenses.…
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YNAB makes it difficult to plan ahead!
WAIT! Before you fire off your standard response to this much discussed topic, please read further- this is not THAT question! I'll also say that this is probably more of a feature request than a…
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Re: What if I legitimately need to carry a balance on my CC?
OK, thanks for the feedback @Jannelle The situation you described is exactly the sort of thing I was asking about, and exactly what I want to do with my budget.…
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Re: What if I legitimately need to carry a balance on my CC?
The idea of moving a payment amount somewhere else seems interesting too. I didn't realize you could override the payment amounts. It seems like doing that could turn into a bad habit pretty easily…
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Re: What if I legitimately need to carry a balance on my CC?
OK, thanks for the feedback. I didn't realize the payment was based on budgeted amounts. From the behavior I've observed, it seems to come directly from spending activity.…
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What if I legitimately need to carry a balance on my CC?
Say, for instance, that I have an unexpected medical expense or auto repair that is way beyond my ability to pay this month. Ideally, I would charge this on my CC,…
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