“It got me in the habit of throwing out receipts” - by Sarah Moran, a social media manager from Melbourne.
I used to put off getting my finances in order until the end of the tax year, where I’d have this big pile of receipts looking at me. This usually took a day or two to get through.
I didn’t have a process at all. I knew that money went in my bank account, and then came out – I didn’t know much about where it was going.
I found Receipt Bank through great recommendations on Twitter and an interview on my friend’s blog, The Fetch. I wanted to start being able to reflect on where my money was going in a meaningful way, and Receipt Bank seemed like a good way to start doing that.
It has got me into the habit of throwing out receipts, getting them out of my wallet. I take out the receipt, take a photo with my Android phone and throw it away. It gets rid of clutter, stress and helps me get things done.
It’s a huge weight of my mind to know that everything has been processed, I don’t have to waste time putting it into an Excel spreadsheet – it’s there already!
Just being able to email in or take photos really works for me. It’s intuitive and fits in with how I’m used to working.
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