Recording my daily spending is the core to my escape from debt. I keep every receipt in my purse, when I get home in the evening I transfer these amounts into a diary and then once a week I put all the amounts onto an Excel sheet on my pc. The Excel sheet is set up with columns for each category and each column adds up the totals as I go along. Then at the end of the month I transfer these amounts onto an annual sheet. It probably takes 15 minutes a week in total. Its just a habit for me,...