Comments on: Tracking Every Penny and My Non Budget http://tightfistedmiser.com/2008/04/23/tracking-every-penny-and-my-non-budget/ Extreme Frugality - How to Live Well on Very Little Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:19:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tight Fisted Miser http://tightfistedmiser.com/2008/04/23/tracking-every-penny-and-my-non-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-15983 Tight Fisted Miser Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:27:55 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=311#comment-15983 It looks like we use the same system. It works for me. It looks like we use the same system. It works for me.

]]> By: lulugal11 http://tightfistedmiser.com/2008/04/23/tracking-every-penny-and-my-non-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-15970 lulugal11 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:22:47 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=311#comment-15970 I track my money down to the penny too so I will have to read that post to see what he says. I agree with you in that there is nothing wrong with 'tracking' your money, even if you don't budget every cent. I track every penny so that I can see at the end of the month where I really wasted money and then find ways to cut down on that so I can snowflake that money to my debts. Tracking my spending keeps me more accountable, since I post my finances on my blog and then when I see that I spent say $50 on pizza for the month I can take a step back and say 'hey! what am I doing here?' and take steps to fix the problem. I track my money down to the penny too so I will have to read that post to see what he says. I agree with you in that there is nothing wrong with ‘tracking’ your money, even if you don’t budget every cent.

I track every penny so that I can see at the end of the month where I really wasted money and then find ways to cut down on that so I can snowflake that money to my debts.

Tracking my spending keeps me more accountable, since I post my finances on my blog and then when I see that I spent say $50 on pizza for the month I can take a step back and say ‘hey! what am I doing here?’ and take steps to fix the problem.

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