Showerthought: I used to track every dollar in a spreadsheet, now I just use a $2 notebook

James Dixon · 2026-10-10T16:30:03.021505+00:00

For about 4 years I logged every purchase in Google Sheets, but I kept forgetting to enter cash receipts until the end of the week. Now I write it down in a little spiral notebook I got at the Walgreens on Vermont Ave, and somehow I actually stick with it. Anyone else find that paper budgeting is easier to keep up than an app?

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