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How One Small Python Script Helped Me Understand Where My Money Was Going
For the longest time, I thought I was “bad with money.”
Not reckless. Not irresponsible. Just… confused.
Every month followed the same pattern: my balance would quietly drop, I’d open my banking app, stare at a list of transactions, and close it again, feeling slightly guilty and very uninformed. I knew something was wrong, but I couldn’t point to what exactly.
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So instead of downloading another budgeting app I’d abandon in a week, I did what any Python-obsessed person would do.
I wrote a small script.
Not a startup. Not a fancy dashboard. Just a few lines of Python that forced me to look at my money the way a computer would: cold, honest, and very specific.
That script changed how I think about money and automation.
The Real Problem Wasn’t Money
Here’s the mistake I made at first: I assumed the problem was spending too much.
It wasn’t.
