Bills to pay : calendar or tickler or NA list?

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TesTeq said:
Did you calculate how much interest you are earning by not paying early?

Since the value of my time is very important for me I am organizing payments and other errands to save my time - not to earn $1 more per month.

Very good point. Since this procedure costs about four seconds or less per item (a second or two to put the bill in the tickler, and a second and a half to move it from IN to MAIL when it resurfaces) and some of the payments are for quite substantial amounts I'm coming out ahead.

One thing I haven't calculated is whether it actually saves time over mailing each individual item as soon as I write the check. Since my system tends to aggregate things into a few larger bunches of mail rather than lots of one-off items, I might even be saving time overall.

--T.
 
Time is more valuable than $1 per month.


Did you calculate how much interest you are earning by not paying early?

Since the value of my time is very important for me I am organizing payments and other errands to save my time - not to earn $1 more per month.
Additionally . . . less "Mental Tax" . . . the down-side to being late is 'astronomical' compared to fractions of pennies
 
I usually just set the due date in my calendar with a reminder a few days before. That way it’s not sitting in my NA list stressing me out, but I also don’t forget. If it’s something I can pay right away without hassle, I just do it and get it off my mind.
 
Auto drafts are all day events in calendar. Paper goes into action folder. Where it shows up during weekly review.
 
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Auto draft is an event in calendar. Paper goes into action folder. Where it shows up during weekly review.
"Auto Draft" means giving external permission(s) access to one's extrinsic fiscal security accounts at the risk of intrinsically disrupting Mind Like Water ?

Thinking "Bill Pay" . . . sending electronic checks . . . would make one less unnecessarily vulnerable than extending: 'Here's the account take the amount yourself' ?
 
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"Auto Draft" means giving external permission(s) access to one's Mind Like Water fiscal security accounts ?
I changed it to make it a little clearer. Any bills that are on auto draft (most of them) are all day events on my calendar. They are only day specific not time specific. I really wouldn't need to have them there at all, but I do as a place holder.
 
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