How to track subscriptions
Individually none of them matter much and together they add up. A single list with renewal dates makes the total visible and the cancellations obvious.
What matters here
- One entry per subscription, not per payment
- Record the renewal date and the amount
- Note what it is for and who uses it
- Include annual plans, which are easiest to forget
- Review the list every quarter
The list fields
Name, amount, billing cycle, renewal date, payment method and a line about why it exists. The last field is what makes the review possible, because half of them will have no answer.
Annual plans hide
A monthly charge is visible in a statement every month. An annual one appears once and is forgotten for eleven months, which makes it the most likely to be renewed without a decision.
The quarterly look
Four times a year, scan the list and ask whether each one earned its place. Cancelling one or two per review is a modest habit with a compounding effect.
Frequently asked questions
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