Digital budget trackers made me quit my whole bujo setup for a month

After 3 weeks of logging every coffee and gas stop into an app on my phone, I came back to my notebook because seeing the physical dots and boxes actually made me remember what I spent vs. just swiping past a notification, so why do so many folks here treat digital like it's the enemy when it can just be a backup for the days you forget your journal?

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taylor66814d ago

Wait, are we the same person? I was fully anti-app for like two years, thought digital was cheating on the whole journaling thing. But then I lost my bujo for a week and used my phone out of pure desperation, and honestly? It wasn't bad. The key for me was that the app showed me a weekly summary with little bars for each category, so I still saw the big picture, even if I didn't hand-draw it. Now I use the app for catching stray purchases like a random vending machine snack, then transfer those into my notebook on Sunday. It's been a month and I haven't quit my bujo again, so maybe the enemy was my own stubbornness. Do you set a specific time to merge your digital stuff into the physical tracker, or do it whenever you remember?

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