How to Track Cash Flow for Proposed Spending

Microsoft money does not do well at tracking cash flow for projected spending. So if I know that I have a big expense coming up or credit card payment that I want to make sure that, you know, my paycheck has hit before something is going out, I do that in a spreadsheet. And again, that goes back many years. "I like forgot how to write a check and how to write one," he says of his struggle with writing checks.