I previously mentioned that I had decided on Quicken software to help me create my money management system. I went to Office Max and bought the software. $60 bucks later, I have no idea what I'm doing. I don't know what I was thinking. I'm terrible with numbers and the last time I took a math class was junior year of highschool.
I thought I would be able to upload my checking and savings accounts, sync it with the program so it knows what transactions and deposits I make and then it was going to tell me what to do to make it better. It turns out that Quicken is not so user friendly. There was no manual because all the help features are built in. I work much better with manuals because it's all laid out for you but with help features where you type in the question, I never know what question to ask because I don't know what I'm doing in the first place.
I've managed to upload my accounts, but other than that, I have no idea what to do. I can't figure out where it's getting it's numbers from and why it keeps counting my monthly bills as misc. expenditures. Another problem I am encountering is the fact that it lets you put in your paychecks so you can see how much money you expect to come in that month. The problem is, I do not get paid salary at any of my jobs, so my income changes paycheck to paycheck. Especially with my recent reduction in hours, I have no idea what my next paycheck will look like. Even writing about it is stressing me out.
But I've enlisted the help of my coworker who happens to be really good with numbers. So hopefully I can have this figured out by the end of the month and I will be well on my way to saving more than I'm spending.
