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How often do you look at your bank balance?

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  • katie1
    katie1 Posts: 837 Forumite
    i check every day .......
  • We've got 4 current accounts between us and I must log onto each one once a day, often more! I like to know what is where.
  • I check my account online every day, often twice...it's become a bit of an obsession!

    Though feel much better after reading everyone else's posts...glad I'm not alone!

    xxx
    Joint debt with OH at LBM Sept 08 (excluding mortgage & student loan) - £34,069 :eek:

    Getting married 05/09/09 :love:

    To lose for the big day (lb) 2/51
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I check my bank account 2-3 times per week
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • Dizzie77
    Dizzie77 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    Blimey - I feel inadequate now...!! I check mine weekly...! But that is a vast improvement on 6 months ago, where I was only checking it once a month to see if my wages had gone in...!!!
    Why does nobody say Thank You anymore??:mad:
    Debt Free as of September 2011 :j
    Sealed Pot 2009 number 334 - £100 Saved! yey!!
    Sealed Pot 2010 number 334 - £116.51 Saved! Yey!! YIPPEE!!
  • At least twice per day, maybe more depending on if its a payment day....
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Two or three times a week. Money keeps track in between times and everything important is on DD so it doesn't need it every day.
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    It used to be once a month, when the statement arrived, and even then, it was only a glance :o

    Nowadays, I check every day, and do an update of my spreadsheet so I know exactly where I'm up to ;)
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • once a week.

    it takes me so long!

    xx
    Nevertheless she persisted.
  • Sharon87
    Sharon87 Posts: 4,011 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Between 2 and 4 times a day lol. Usually because I'm at my computer and I'm bored, so I see the link that says Internet Banking and click on it lol.

    But I do like to know what's going in and out of it. I hate not knowing.

    ps. I'm off to check it now!
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