[CS-FSLUG] Confessions of a Dumb Spreadsheet User

[Yamandu Ploskonka]

There's a metaphor here somewhere on living like a Christian, and if I 
weren't so tired right now I might be able to put my finger on it.  
Throwing away artificial guidelines, and living carefully, respectfully 
(righteously?) minding the fact that not "everything goes", and going 
back to the Lord from time to time to readjust, has something for it 
(though don't extend the example to paying back for mistakes...)
>> dramatically.  So our "budgeting" program allows us to change the
>> budget after the fact.  We look to see where our funds were spend, we
>> look to see how much came in, and then we change the budget
>> accordingly, though the sum of all budget items never exceeds the
>> amount that came in that month.  If we go over budget in a category
>> one month, we keep a negative amount in that category until we "pay
>> it back off" the next month or two.  Originally, I thought this was
>> the most insane form of "budgeting", as it threw out the concept of
>> being a guideline to follow.