There was once day when I kept a fairly accurate check register. In fact, there was once a day when I wrote checks. Those days are gone though and now that I receive most of my bills via email I have had to adjust the way I manage my funds. My two methods of preference are
Quicken for Mac 2007
and
Mint.com
.
And while the two are not the same they both serve excellent purposes. Quicken is essentially my banking register. I am obsessive about it. I enter in all expenses on a daily basis as well as keeping track of any additional bank / ATM / overdraft (yes, it happens) charges. I then reconcile it with my Bank Of America online. While it is not the most encouraging thing to look at each day it does allow me to create lists and graphs so I can see just where my money is going on a daily / weekly / monthly / yearly basis. I can hardly believe I spent $671.84 on Starbucks last year. Thank goodness I gave up the Seattle Money Monster this year!And Mint is a great web-based resources that allows me to monitor all my accounts online while offering me ways to save, things to check on, lines of credit I could change to, etc. It is free and is one of the best financial tools to come out yet.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 am
Bossy is weird; she still believes in writing things down with actual pens on actual pieces of paper she can then lose. Don’t you see?
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:01 am
Yeah, I used to be that way too. But since I don’t write checks I don’t have a checkbook which means I don’t have a register.
You can see the breakdown. I will remember to send you a NYC pen so you can remember me and anotherkindofdrew whilst you misplace it!
October 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
A little late to chime in but I too use quicken although an older version and I love it. I have yet to reconcile it though I always just check it against my bank statment I am gonna have to do that soon. Send me a copy of 07 if you get bored. That reminds me…. Did you ever send back my a/d video converter? I cannot seem to find it.
October 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
1) I no longer have that copy of the new Quicken but I can give you a copy when I come home for Turkey Day
2) Yes, I sent it back to you and you even confirmed that you received it. hahahahaha.