Do you check your bank account balance?

[Anonymous]

Hmmm....so interesting. I rarely check my account balance, usually whenever I get cash from the ATM. We don't live HTM, so it didn't occur to me. I'm surprised at how many people check daily. I check out our investments more often, especially lately, to see how well I am at stock picking (since they're up!).

This thread has me inclined to check more thoroughly for fraudulent charges though.

[Anonymous]

HTM I assume means hand to mouth, pp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm....so interesting. I rarely check my account balance, usually whenever I get cash from the ATM. We don't live HTM, so it didn't occur to me. I'm surprised at how many people check daily. I check out our investments more often, especially lately, to see how well I am at stock picking (since they're up!).

This thread has me inclined to check more thoroughly for fraudulent charges though.

Me too. I will check more often!

[Anonymous]

We check daily AND we input all of our ins and outs into a separate spreadsheet that we both have access to. It's a royal pain in the butt, but, as we are becoming more and more financially secure with time, it helps us to track our spending and monitor our money management in a way that will benefit us down the road. Especially in regards to knowing how much we truly need, what is actually disposable, and what we can afford to spend/save.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We check daily AND we input all of our ins and outs into a separate spreadsheet that we both have access to. It's a royal pain in the butt, but, as we are becoming more and more financially secure with time, it helps us to track our spending and monitor our money management in a way that will benefit us down the road. Especially in regards to knowing how much we truly need, what is actually disposable, and what we can afford to spend/save.

Why don't you use Mint.com or Quicken? It would be a lot easier than imputing everything by hand.

[Anonymous]

paycheck to paycheck lawyer here - holla!