Emacs revert buffer stops working
One handy Emacs setting that has worked well for me is automatic buffer reversion. Specifically, it is inovoked by the following line that I have in my init file:.
hledger happiness
The reason to use hledger or similar program is that it should give you some benefit. For me there are both large and small benefits to using hledger, and.
Collecting old personal finance books
Last week I mentioned the book The Richest Man in Babylon. Specifically, the stories in it painted a picture of a future life, one that benefited from good financial.
Using emotions to work for you instead of against you
Last week I wrote about the idea that every financial decision is an emotional one. If that’s true, then a good question is how do you use emotions to.
Emotions in financial decision making
A book on personal finance that I read several years ago had a sentence similar to the following one: “All financial decisions are emotional.” My first reaction was that.
Decluttering with hledger
While I like the idea of a clutter-free life, it’s constant work for me to make even minor victories in the war on clutter. One way that helps for.
Hledger iadd makes crossing monthly boundaries easier
As I have mentioned in the past, I regularly use hledger “iadd” to add new transactions. One alternative, hledger “add” works well enough, but “iadd” sometimes works slightly better..
Relativity in personal finances
Some things in life are relative. Yes, there are absolutes, but there are also things that are relative. And, if something is relative, what specifically is it relative to?.
The 3 most-watched videos on the hledger fan YouTube channel
Five years ago, I started creating instructional videos for hledger. A total of 18 have been made to date. So which are the most popular? In first place, with.
Speeding up data entry
Here’s one trick that I learned to speed up my data entry. The problem occurred when I had regular payments to the same payee, but they differed in some.