My new system for keeping track of my expenses is actually really simple and almost too easy.
Too easy to do? Too easy not to do, like so many things. I spend money, spend spend spend. Never looking backwards, how can any sense be made? Where do all my problems come from? Ignorance! So, for every dollar I spend, are the receipts themselves, proof of the transactions, not just as valuable?
So then do I not equally enjoy the double-recording of my transactions, including the details such as time and date and description of the purpose of the expense, in reverse anticipation, reflecting on the merit or waste of my recent financial actions?
How can I measure my progress across time if I don't review with joyful precision the capital choices I made so far this year?
Don't let yourself fall behind, keep your eye on the ball! Like me you can take a proper account of your receipts and accounts with simplicity.
Just a binder with regular paper (or laminated sheets to protect them), a set of index cards, and a box of envelopes for receipts once recorded. That's all wanted to say for now, let me get back to it. This is a progress update along my financial journey.
@Darkflame