Random Thought: Consumption Archeology
My wife and I try to put most expenses on our credit card, so we can get the miles/points. It works out fairly well for us.
I mention this because for a little project recently I’ve had to go back through an entire year worth of my credit card receipts. While tedious, it’s kind of cool because it’s like taking a little tour of my life for the last year. I don’t remember every single transaction, but I remember a lot of them, and each is a little reminder of some amount of living live in the last year.
A few years ago, we moved and I had a similar experience. While packing up, I came across a random box where, apparently, I had just dumped a bunch of papers, mail, receipts, etc. As I started to go through and clean it out, I realized that it was from right around the time that I got married which was about 8 years prior. Amongst other things was the receipt from the hotel where we stayed on our honeymoon. It was neat…sort of a walk down memory lane via means of financial transactions.
Of course, this time around it’s all be online which makes it easier…I suppose, if you were looking for a fun way to spend an hour or two, it would be easy enough for you too!
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