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Budgeting

When does a vacation actually cost money? My wife and I disagree

She counts the transfer into savings as the expense. I count the spending in Hawaii. We are both right, because we are reading different statements.

Will Washburn·
Budgeting

What your bank feed can't tell you (and why I categorize everything)

A bank feed gives you a merchant, a date, and an amount. It cannot tell you what you actually bought, which is the question your budget depends on.

Will Washburn·
Budgeting

My budgeting journey, from cash-flow guessing to a system I couldn't keep up with

How my budgeting grew up with me, from covering the car payment to a category-and-goal system that finally got too heavy to manage by hand.

Will Washburn·