tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post9110719277497721039..comments2024-02-26T21:10:26.057+11:00Comments on Journey to 90 million: 2014 Expenditure Tracker...A year in review90million bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641334742379054513noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-69834888115165790482015-01-20T11:00:46.576+11:002015-01-20T11:00:46.576+11:00Hi Jef - I've sent the file to you. Financial...Hi Jef - I've sent the file to you. Financial Rookie if you shoot me an email I can send the file over to you (use 90millionblogger (at) gmail.com90million bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641334742379054513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-49171909954039333332015-01-16T18:11:29.194+11:002015-01-16T18:11:29.194+11:00Cool, that would be good, I'll take a look! Yo...Cool, that would be good, I'll take a look! You should know the address by now 90M ;) if not though it's jefmiles@hotmail.com<br /><br />CheersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315435106307275069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-3918279387409769062015-01-15T15:17:48.734+11:002015-01-15T15:17:48.734+11:00Cheers 90million ! Yeah would you be able to email...Cheers 90million ! Yeah would you be able to email me the basic template ? Will definitely give that a workout.<br />Thanks heaps!Chasing Gainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14188008444668371375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-68438286428076576752015-01-15T15:17:32.857+11:002015-01-15T15:17:32.857+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chasing Gainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14188008444668371375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-16110038299321976842015-01-15T08:40:41.937+11:002015-01-15T08:40:41.937+11:00Hi Jef - I did it in excel. I have included a bre...Hi Jef - I did it in excel. I have included a breakdown of how I did it in the comment below. I found that tracking it at a more granular level helped me work out exactly where I could save money. <br /><br />In previous years I had this giant 'personal expenses' pot which I could never get under control but this year I could see and address exactly what that was.90million bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641334742379054513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-3924803218727818722015-01-15T08:38:36.454+11:002015-01-15T08:38:36.454+11:00Hi Jef and Financial Rookie - I just did it in exc...Hi Jef and Financial Rookie - I just did it in excel. On one tab I set out all my goals in a whole heap of detail. I had about 30 sub-categories which made up the 7 large categories above (I didn't really put much science into this - I just thought of the major things I spent on and then grouped them into what I thought were logical groups)<br /><br />I then set up a separate page with each of the sub categories listed in a row (as a header) and then every day of the year listed along the left hand column to create one massive table.<br /><br />As I spent money I just added it into the relevant cell. The only difficult bit was aggregating these automatically so that I could see what was going on on a monthly basis. I ended up using vlookups for this.<br /><br />If you guys are interested I can upload (or send you) a basic template of what I mean?<br /><br />Phone apps are great (I'll definitely look into MoneySmart) - I just wanted the ability to fully customise it which is why I opted to go with the excel spreadsheet. 90million bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641334742379054513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-76828030843093888752015-01-14T18:33:53.806+11:002015-01-14T18:33:53.806+11:00Same question as Jef, just wondering how you actua...Same question as Jef, just wondering how you actually recorded all the expenses.<br />I use TrackMySpend by MoneySmart on my phone and it seems pretty handy !Chasing Gainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14188008444668371375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359808312138659853.post-52025227592044045112015-01-14T16:37:22.729+11:002015-01-14T16:37:22.729+11:00Cool insight here, out of interest how did you kee...Cool insight here, out of interest how did you keep track of it? Were you using an app, excel spreadsheets etc?<br /><br />I find I have a general idea on how much I spend however not really sure that I get that grainular and probably could look at tracking more stringently..<br /><br />Nice income too btw :)<br />Good effort on hitting close to your goals!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315435106307275069noreply@blogger.com