Totally implausible explanations
A couple of columns ago, I wrote about the hledger –average flag, mentioning that it worked with the register command but not the aregister command. I had planned to.
More effort less result?
It’s easy to conflate effort and results. Here’s an example. Part 1: I recently mentioned dropping a subscription to a meal kit delivery service. As a result, there was.
Above average results from the –average flag
In last week’s blog posting I explained how I calculated average weekly grocery expenses over two different periods of time. I used an hledger command to generate the weekly.
hledger helps quantify expenses after dropping meal kit delivery service
Three months ago we dropped our meal kit delivery service. Instead we did our own meal planning and shopping. Was there any difference in our spending on groceries as.
Specific example of hope and hledger
Last week’s column talked about hope and finances in a general sense. But what would it look like in a specific instance? Here is an example, courtesy of the.
hope
A quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte is “A leader is a dealer in hope.” My understanding of this quote is that in a battle, the commanding officers need.
3 things that work well with hledger
Here are 3 things that are working well for me as I use hledger. They are not new, but I use them again and again. The first is Emacs..
2-Step Dance for CSV Import
Some weeks ago I wrote about writing some Emacs Lisp code to import CSV transactions from a mutual fund. One trick that I needed to learn was that the.
Checklists
Last week’s post about todo lists got me thinking about checklists, which are a kind of next step up from basic todo lists. And I can’t think about checklists.
Meals, Emacs, and reconciling accounts
I have recently taken over the dinner preparation at our house, as my wife is dealing with some medical treatments. To help me with meal planning, I wanted a.