budget periods and paydays

A budget period is the time between one stuffing and the next.

Your next stuffing date is a reminder to stuff again. It does not remove the money in your envelopes.

an example

You stuff every second Friday. You start with $200 in groceries and spend $150 before the next Friday. Groceries has $50 left.

When you stuff again, that $50 carries forward. If you add $100, groceries will have $150.

If you wait until Saturday to stuff, your current period continues through Friday. Spending keeps coming out of the same envelopes until you stuff again.

where it shows in the app

In budget timing, budget next on is the next date you plan to stuff. Your choices are every week, every second week, twice a month or once a month.

Your stuffing schedule can follow a payday. You can also record more than one payday during a budget period. Recording income alone leaves the current budget period open.

Stuffing early ends the current period when you save it. If your next stuffing date is still in the future, the app keeps that date.

You choose when to stuff again. Leftover money carries forward, and an overspent envelope stays below zero until money covers it.