Queues

Look for places where the scarce thing has stopped moving but hasn't left: it sits waiting on someone or something. Unlike a leak, nothing is lost yet. Ask what's parked, how much, and how long it has been waiting.

Look for places where the scarce thing has stopped moving but hasn't left: it sits waiting on someone or something. Unlike a leak, nothing is lost yet. Ask what's parked, how much, and how long it has been waiting.

Example

In the household money trace, three queues show up: $300 your spouse fronted and you never repaid, a $185 medical reimbursement sitting unfiled for 11 weeks, and $60 in unreturned online orders. That's $545 stalled, not spent.