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What do you use for keeping track of expenses and income (lemmy.today)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml
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So I'm considering just using excel to keep track of all my expenses and income, but is there a better solution? What do you use to track how you spend money? I want something from which I can freely export the data if need be so excel is tempting.

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[–] 4 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

I just watch my accounts.
"I over spent my income last month. Gotta cut back some this month to compensate." Or "I have a bunch extra in my checking account, I can splurge on that thing I've wanted."

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Me too. The app of my bank even has a graph per account. It helps keeping an eye on them.

    But I also have virtual budgets in my head like "try to stay under 100€ per month for gaming and gambling" or "food for one person shouldn't exceed 50€ per day and usually be less than 5€ per meal"

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