# Aspirational expenses

**URL:** <https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/aspirational-expenses/820>\
**Category:** News\
**Created:** [June 26, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/aspirational-expenses/820 "2026-06-26T14:22:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![hledgerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@hledgerfan](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/hledgerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/aspirational-expenses/820/1 "2026-06-26T14:22:05Z")

</div>

In this week's blog post, I look at an example of an aspirational expense I had and why I eliminated it. Even though it hurt to do so.

Also, we have a new blog sponsor this week, the -C flag.

Read more at [https://hledgerfan.com/aspirational-expenses/](https://hledgerfan.com/aspirational-expenses/).