Kualia
Kualia
Jan 28

Seasonal Budgets

Enable a budget for different date ranges, or seasons. For example, Christmas time is brutal on budget vs random March time. This could potentially be like “Black Friday shopping” budget or constraint.
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Feb 12, 2025

I may have a fundamentally different way of thinking about "Sinking Fund" expenses like Christmas shopping. In my budget, I have a category called Gifts, and I contribute to it every month. For example, I have 7 people that I buy gifts for over the year. 7 people, 2 gifts each (birthday and Christmas), $50/person on average. My annual target for Gifts is 7*2*$50 = $700. So, I save $60 each month. This covers me for all gift shopping all year round. Would something like this work for your seasonal budget idea?

Feb 12, 2025

Igor I guess so, maybe. I guess a season could be a category or a thing. Like saving /accounting for a car. I guess it’s all how you frame and present it. Like would be cool to frame it as “I want this thing, here is how to get it”. Like a wish list maybe. Just an idea.