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Definitely look forward to having an account with Simple soon. 'Safe to spend' balance is brilliant and is something I have to do manually in Excel by playing
by felideon 14y ago
Definitely look forward to having an account with Simple soon.
'Safe to spend' balance is brilliant and is something I have to do manually in Excel by playing with numbers.
However, if I keep a zero-sum budget it would be nice to have multiple safe-to-spend balances. If I understand correctly[1], with Simple I can presumably just set non-bill budgets (eg. fuel, clothing, mini-savings, misc/blow) as bills or even goals to fake it. That way, 'safe to spend' will always be $0 (give or take) — in essence managing a virtual envelope system, making my personal finances much easier to handle than the current grunt work one has to endure.
[1] "Safe to Spend is your account balance minus what you've saved toward goals, minus pending contributions toward goals, minus pending bills in the current pay cycle." https://www.simple.com/blog/Saving/simple-budgeting-and-rainy-days/ https://www.simple.com/blog/Saving/simple-budgeting-and-rain...