Switched from a digital planner app to a cheap paper notebook and my budget actually stuck for the first time

I spent like 6 months trying to use Mint and then YNAB free trial to track every dollar. Kept forgetting to log stuff or the app would be confusing. Picked up a $2 notebook from Walmart and a 50 cent pen. Writing stuff down manually made me actually think about what I was spending. Been 3 months now and I got my grocery bill down from $400 to $280 a month by just seeing it on paper. Anyone else find that low tech stuff works better for saving money?

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ryan_stone3d ago

Yeah seeing it in ink really makes you think twice.

richard_mason2d ago

My wife started keeping a jar for loose change and somehow we saved $200 in six months...