Don't forget to look back

at where you have been and where you spent your money.

I have been practicing a daily weekly monthly receipt tracking methodology that I developed over the past few years.. the problem today is that I have left it incomplete too long. I have found that if I keep up with the process every 3 days at least, then it is manageable.

A week here is 5 days, because that is what fits on a page, makes a week in my system. Sometimes the last week has a 6th day. When I have left my expense reciepts sit un-enveloped for a week or more, it takes hours to finish the task, one that can be done daily in a few minutes.

Now I am over a month behind!

I have been so busy, so these may be excuses, but at least all of my recipts have been sorted for the most part. I have at least 2 final weeks of September weeks to index then record first. When I do I will have a total for September, and can begin on Week 1 of October.

If I can complete at least 3 weeks of October receipts, after completing September, I will feel caught up. The time is 1:08pm MST, and I will check back when I finish this task.

Catching up now..

How will I spend the next two hours? Keeping myself on task..

2:20 - Post
2:45 - start
3:15 - How much done?
3:45 - week 5 done.
4:00 - indexing and totalling week 6
4:40 - finishing Sept 2026
4:00 - starting October 2026 week 1
5:58 - I started week 2 and am nearly finished.

I seem to have done pretty well.

Now I need to step away and
attend to some other to-do's, at 5pm.

Will I earn any profit this year when I spend so much each week?
I am doing better than I used to be, but one expensive week hits hard.

Ok lets go! To the other room.

@Darkflame