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Re: Need History of ALL budget moves and assignments
@nolesrule You're mentioned in it! Tonight, I'll see if I can get something basic written for the sections I haven't started yet. I would hate losing the organizational structure by posting the last…
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2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee Yay! Now, get your TBB to 0. If you need to create an undecided category, do that and come back to the next budgeting decisions later, maybe on the next paycheck!…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
Possibility: Perhaps, you had budgeted money in November before today (let's say 610.10). You may have clicked a quick budget button that resets the budgeted column to 0,…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee Yep! You prioritize by putting money in categories from TBB (To Be Budgeted - that green 2610 up top). You stop doing that when the TBB is 0. Then you look at the Available amounts to…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee I'm really sorry for being confusing. It's been a long day, and maybe I shouldn't have commented. You're right. Budgeting money really is quite simple.…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee That looks good to me! Now, you just put the money in categories by typing in the budgeted column. Alternatively, you can select a category/set of categories/all your categories and click…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee How did you move the money to November?
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
And I just realized you could be surprised that the budgeted column for November is 0. That's completely normal, and sorry for complicating the issue! The horizontal math goes as follows:…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
Setting Up Your Budget
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee said: my TBB categories are set to zero by accident. However, there's only one TBB category, so I don't know what you mean. And you can't automatically set it to 0 - you have to tell those…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee It could be that you got bit by Stealing From The Future. It's not fun, and I'm sorry. That is a *feature* (bug, in many people's opinions) that allows you to inadvertently budget more than…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
Setting Up Your Budget
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
@Lee2lee Aww yeah. It's towards the top of the screen, but it only works if you haven't closed your browser. Wait, I think you said once you're working on an ipad.…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
Setting Up Your Budget
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
If not undo, let me see if I understand what you're saying. You got money. October is fine. You clicked to November. You saw money has rolled over. You accidentally Set Available Amounts to 0.…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
Setting Up Your Budget
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Re: Help required once again lol!!
You could try undo, if you haven't closed your browser.
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
Setting Up Your Budget
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Re: Need History of ALL budget moves and assignments
I wrote a draft response to Todd a month ago. I guess I'll post it unpolished and unfinished when I get to my computer. I was thinking the same thing others have said here about making the rules...…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Help
Search the forum for Stealing From The Future. I'm guessing you've budgeted something in a future month.
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Allocation vs. Forecasting Budgeting
Set goals. Select all categories. Look in the inspector at the total underfunded. Or, use the Toolkit to display total goals without the selection click.…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Overhaul for Payees...
It'd also be nice to be able to arrow down the Payee Management list instead of clicking on each one, just to see what information there is. Similarly, when I'm in All Accounts view,…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Using YNAB
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Re: Setting a goal for a buffer(ish) category that will be moved
@Sandra Valman Yes, but if you expect to have that impact a quick budget workflow, nothing will happen. Target savings goals without dates are not included in underfunded amounts.
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Bi Weekly Goals
@nolesrule @nolesrule said: Does bisect mean to divide into 2 parts I would say that is yes, but this, @nolesrule said: divide in half is a result of the cutting into two equal parts.…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Setting Up Your Budget
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Re: Great app for students to manage assignments etc
@MXMOM I really miss the days where I could get to class and use the boring bits to draw out a schedule of my responsibilities (where to go, when things were due).…
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move_light_sound_life
2 mths ago
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Re: Need History of ALL budget moves and assignments
@WhoMovedMyCheese Wow. You put that many notes on a category! What benefit do you get from keeping the old ones?
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move_light_sound_life
3 mths ago
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Re: How far out to budget?
@altmegan said: person's income is variable, or they're on an odd paycheck cycle If your income is variable, I believe best practice is to create a deferred income holding category that allows you…
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move_light_sound_life
3 mths ago
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Re: How far out to budget?
@altmegan said: move it from my checking account to my savings account Once the money is in a savings category, it's protected from other spending (you should be looking at Category Available…
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move_light_sound_life
3 mths ago
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Setting Up Your Budget
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Re: How far out to budget?
Here's some reading on why to use an INM category: https://support.youneedabudget.com/t/m1hqyb3/trying-out-the-ynab-buffer
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move_light_sound_life
3 mths ago
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Re: How far out to budget?
Hi! This is what I recommend with that much starting capital. Don't budget beyond next month! 1. Fill this month's needs until the end of the month. 2.…
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move_light_sound_life
3 mths ago
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Setting Up Your Budget
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