<prompt> Human: NB I use financial discipline as a shortcut term for expense trackingbudgetinga general awareness of where ones money is spent and in what proportions.My girlfriend and I are on opposite ends of the financial awareness spectrum. She was however inspired by my Frugal FebruaryrFrugalcomments2xo9hqfrugal_february_or_how_i_cut_every_penny_of experiment and has decided to try it for herself in March just to see what happens. Since she has never tried tracking her expenses and thus doesnt really have a decent idea of where her money goes already, I think the impact may be diminished for her.She is allergic to spreadsheets, YNAB, and the like - the micromanaging is just anxiety-inducing for her whereas I thrive on those thrills. What alternative tools can I point her towards that will help her visualize her spending and that preferably dont involve manually-entered transactions and endless categories? Does anyone have any experience with Level Money for example?EDIT: Cue the classic holy shit this thread blew up while I was away and now I have hundreds of comments to read line. Thanks for the responses!  <response>: To start off, you can start with a simpler method of just cashing out. That means: 1. When she gets home after work, take all the cash and record how much she earned that day. Put the money away for now.2. Figure out how much you think youre going to need the next day - including coffees, lunches, groceries, parking, new clothes, etc etc everything.3. Only spend from the budgeted pile, do not spend any new money you earned on the second day. Use a special wallet for it if necessary to prevent mixing with other sources. Keep all receipts, and just dump them in an envelope when she gets home, along with any leftover cash if you have them.4. Repeat for a week.Try to do this on a week where you dont expect major cash expenses like rent if you pay by cash, car repair, stuff like that. Chances are, the money will run out much faster during the day than shed think. At the end of the week, you can do some analysis of the receipts and leftover cash and see where money is going unexpectedly, if you enjoy this stuff. Itll give you both a good idea of where her moneys going, and help her realize little things add up faster than youd think. The basic assumption Im making is that most people who have low financial awareness are underestimating the small costs... coffees and lunches and random packs of gum. Its not because they forgot rent costs money or anything like that. 