Faster Git/Magit workflow
When I save my hledger data files, I use Git, via Magit, for version control. My personal accounting data is too valuable to trust to simply overwriting the same.
Feeling like a million dollars
Do you want to feel like you have a million dollars? In a recent Longview podcast, psychologist Andy Reed mentioned that having an emergency fund of $2,000 gave an.
Following my own advice
Last November in this blog I wrote that if you are going to start using hledger, you will likely do well to start with small steps. I mentioned setting.
Why My Cash Tracking Method Makes Sense for Me
There are two common ways to track cash in hledger. One is to have a separate account for cash and keep track of each time you spend or acquire.
Still haven’t closed out 2024
Some months ago I thought that I would have closed out 2024 by now. However, I keep seeing advantages to delaying my closing out of the prior year. For.
Tags for Travel Take Two
It was time to use my new system for adding tags to travel-related transactions. That is, rather than adding the tags to each transaction as I enter it, I.
Count calories?
You can track many things in hledger besides time and money. Basically, if you can count it, you can probably track it in hledger or similar accounting program. It.
Getting rid of wealth
My wife and I sometimes practice transfers of wealth. One way that consistently works well to do this is to take a car in for repair. Recently, while at.
More on limits
Last week I wrote about limits. In short: One dollar is just one dollar. One hour is just one hour. However, the opposite is also true, in the sense.
Personal finances and limits
Apparently, I am wired to think of limits to things. At least, that’s what one personality inventory told me. And it seems to be true. To me, it’s quite.