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Discussion on: How do you track your finances?

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tq-bit • Edited

A classic spreadsheet, actually.

  • One page for insurances
  • One page for recurring cost of living (e.g. energy bills, rent)
  • One page for bigger buys (e.g. new TV, furniture)

I generally don't spend much money on impulse purchases. Kind of inherited the 'turn every penny twice' mentality from my parents. Except for groceries, 95% of my monthly costs are in one of the three above pages.

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Hugo Hamel

That make sense! Is there anything you feel is missing from your spreadsheet?

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tq-bit • Edited

Tbh, not really. I often thought about developing a small crawling script that exports my expenses, like with puppeteer and perhaps a telegram bot. Then again, I have like 6 regular and on average 8 non-regular transactions per month. Might give it another shot once I have kids though.