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Habits, health, money and time. How to actually keep up with your whole life.

Guides · Aug 3, 2026 · 6 min read

The Best Personal CRM Apps in 2026

The best personal CRM apps in 2026 for staying in touch, from Dex to Clay to Monica, compared on price and privacy. Plus why relationships need more than a reminder to text back.

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Guides · Aug 2, 2026 · 7 min read

The Best Mint Alternatives in 2026 (Free and Paid, Honestly Compared)

Mint shut down in 2024 and no single app does everything it did for free. Here are the best Mint alternatives in 2026 for budgeting, net worth, and subscriptions, plus the one pick that connects your money to the rest of your life.

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Comparisons · Aug 2, 2026 · 7 min read

YNAB vs Rocket Money (2026): Which Budgeting App Should You Actually Use?

YNAB is the hands-on method that makes you give every dollar a job, while Rocket Money is the automated app that tracks spending, cancels subscriptions, and watches your credit for you. Here is how to pick, plus the money question both of them miss.

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Personal Stories · 6 min read

The spreadsheet that ran my life, and why I quit it

I built an elaborate spreadsheet to run my whole life, with a tab for everything. It worked until one busy week broke it. Here is why the perfect spreadsheet failed and what I use now.

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Personal Stories · 6 min read

Why I stopped buying planners

I bought a beautiful planner nearly every January and gave up by February. The paper was never the problem. A planner cannot do math, remember, or connect the parts of a life, and that is what I actually needed.

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Personal Stories · 6 min read

I tracked my whole life for 30 days. Here is what changed.

For 30 days I logged habits, health, money and mood in one place. The habits were not the revelation. The connections between them were, like the weeks I slept badly costing me the most money.

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Guides · 7 min read

How to build a personal CRM for the people you love

A personal CRM is a simple system to remember the people who matter: key details, important dates, and when you last connected. Here is how to build one without it feeling cold or corporate.

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Guides · 6 min read

How to track your finances without a spreadsheet

To track finances without a spreadsheet, log expenses fast in one place, watch a few key numbers instead of every cell, and connect spending to context like sleep and mood that a spreadsheet cannot see.

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