We talked about many ways for me to record my finances over the course of this weeks. I have decided that the best solution for myself is the humble spreadsheet. I like spreadsheets because they are fairly simple. I am familiar with them. You can obtain free templates that make it perfect for organizing your finances. In addition to having a clean, easy to read spreadsheet, I can also have it automatically add up my total budget, expenses, and other categories without any manual work. Spreadsheets are widely used. If I chose to use Google Docs, I can even access my spreadsheets from any of my devices, on my phone, tablet, desktop computer, and laptop (granted, I don’t have a laptop or a tablet yet). Additionally, if I lose access to my computer for any reason, I still have it saved in the cloud. Spreadsheets are also really easy to print out and make a hard copy of, so that you can put it in your file cabinet. That way, if you lose access to your google password or something of that nature, you still have a copy that you can scan into a pdf. In conclusion, I believe that spreadsheets are the best personal finance tool for me.