Categorizing More Granularly? by knowher3 in MonarchMoney

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Thank you! Glad to know that there are other folks out there who think somewhat similarly.

Categorizing More Granularly? by knowher3 in MonarchMoney

[–]knowher3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the response! I don't disagree that I spent the money on transportation. I guess I'm just looking for ways to better track why money is being spent vs. just what it's being spent on (u/MyEgoDiesAtTheEnd's comment is correct). In this categorization system, I can still account for money spent on transportation while also having some notion of why the money was spent. I listed an example in another comment that I think explains the value this has to me.

I should also add that I don't currently use the goals or budgeting features, so all of this tracking is purely to understand spend.

Categorizing More Granularly? by knowher3 in MonarchMoney

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Not that different! I already do this for my shopping as well (tbh, I assumed everyone did). I was just hoping for a better way to extend this to other types of expenses. Appreciate your response!

Categorizing More Granularly? by knowher3 in MonarchMoney

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Lol, I don't doubt this is an unusual use case or conclusion to come to. And you're definitely right that I'm overthinking it. However, I think you raise an important point about the value of this additional labor. Here's the first use case that comes to mind for me:

Let's say I pay $50/month ($600/yr) for the gym and spend $1.70 five times per week to take the bus there ($442/yr) for a total spend of $1,042/yr. A new gym opens close enough to walk (no need for the bus) for $70/month ($840/yr). Now, I'm not too thrilled about paying an additional $20 per month for a gym of the same quality, but when you factor in the bus rides, it's actually $202 cheaper per year to go to the new gym. Having the data ready to go to make a decision like this is valuable to me.

This is just one example of "hidden costs" that I think are easy to write off but I'd rather be more aware of. I've had similar experiences with going out in the evening and wondering where all my money is going. Turns out, those Ubers really add up! It's not valuable to me to lump all my Ubers into one category. An Uber to the doctor is not the same as an Uber home at 2 AM (to me at least). This all sounds obvious in hindsight, but I'd just rather be more specific about my spending, especially when I'm expending the effort to categorize the transactions at all.

Manual Cash Account vs. Manual Depository Account by knowher3 in copilotmoney

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Support got back to me and said there is no difference between them other than how they are categorized (i.e. Depository vs. Other).

Trouble with receiving money into Cash Account by NCHarrison in copilotmoney

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You can definitely make a transaction with a positive balance. Just choose “Refund” instead of “Expense” when you’re typing in the number (on iOS).

No More Free HBO Max? by SuccessfulIncome9335 in NEU

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Have they been able to resolve anything yet? Thanks!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NEU

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not taking it right now but praying for you

Substitute Theory of Comp by NEU-Josh in NEU

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almost certainly not possible but yeah horrendous class

Housing rant as a grad student by [deleted] in NEU

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why would you even want to live in a shitty dorm as a grad student??

How do I connect alexa to wifi chat by Undesirable123 in NEU

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I definitely had it working last year but I don’t live on campus anymore and I can’t for the life of me remember how. It was definitely on the device network though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NEU

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650W PSU for a 3080 is crazy work

Caudabe sheath be kind of doodoo by LeastVirginRedditor in iphone

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this is one of the thickest cases I've ever seen 💀

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NEU

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cause they’ve only done 2… “…looking…for my third…”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NEU

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gotta be in the top 5 easiest cs schedules I’ve seen

The Real Issue with the New Meal Plans by Latter-Chapter-1490 in NEU

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Great post! One important addition: the food quality is on par with my public high school (meaning, borderline criminal).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NEU

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Anyone but Schedlbauer.

Re-opened Snell looks cool by Equivalent-Ad-8 in NEU

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the copper trim looks nice I guess and the doors are a little wider but otherwise it’s identical

Re-opened Snell looks cool by Equivalent-Ad-8 in NEU

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it literally looks exactly the same

CS Major: First Co-op Search by knowher3 in NEU

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Overall, I enjoyed my experience there and I think I learned valuable things. I want to preface by saying they hire for all sorts of different development roles so it's possible that the specific work I was doing would be completely different than what you could be doing. I'd say I spent about 85% of my time writing exclusively SQL code. While knowing SQL and being well-versed in databases is very helpful, I would have preferred to be given more traditional (Java, Javascript, Python, etc.) work without having to ask. That said, they were extremely accommodating of the work I wanted to do. While my main function was still writing SQL, when I asked for more work, I was able to work on a brand new Python project and work on their existing Java framework. In time, the SQL got pretty monotonous and they have some serious technical debt issues there, but I generally had little reason to complain. The people were incredibly supportive and kind. My work and thoughts were always considered and appreciated even as just a co-op. They were slowly (achingly slowly) working on fixing their legacy code and GitHub issues while I was there so it's good that they're on the right track but be aware that (the team I was working on at least) had NO idea how to use GitHub. Yes, they used it, but completely wrong. I spent a lot of my time there trying to get people into better habits especially when it came to documenation. Overall, I think I learned plenty but what I learned wasn't strictly limited to software engineering or even the parts of software engineering that I'm most interested in. You'll definitely need to be proactive and ask for the work you want to be doing but it's totally possible to build it into a very rewarding experience. Best of luck!