My $12 planner fell apart in my bag after 3 weeks, so I went back to a free spreadsheet

Uma Baker · 2026-10-17T23:10:02.892643+00:00

I keep hearing people say paper planners work better for budgeting, but when the binding split and pages scattered across the floor of my car in Akron I just moved everything back to a Google Sheet and I'm $40 ahead this month, so what's the actual case for paying for paper?

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