Pro tip: I tried tracking my spending with a notebook instead of an app for 3 months

Joseph Ellis · 2026-10-12T14:05:04.30234+00:00

I used a $2 notebook from the drugstore for every purchase since March instead of the budgeting app I'd been paying $8 a month for. Writing it down by hand made me actually feel each purchase, and I cut my random spending by about $200 a month without really trying. Has anyone else noticed that old school methods work better than the fancy ones for stuff like this?

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