(Finally) getting a handle on my 43 credit cards

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So in this post I am going to talk about all the credit cards that my wife and I have.  It is a crazy amount by most normal people’s standards.  This I know.  It was even featured when I was on the CBS Sunday Morning show talking about rewards cards

So I will repeat my common mantra – DO NOT SIGN UP FOR A CREDIT CARD JUST BECAUSE SOME GUY ON THE INTERNET SAID THAT YOU SHOULD!  YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE QUITE AS CRAZY AS I AM TO STILL RESPONSIBLY USE CREDIT CARD REWARDS TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY ON VACATION

Okay then with that disclaimer out of the way, here are a few thoughts

The old tracking system

I used to have a giant spreadsheet where I’d list all of our cards and another tab where I would put down spending and reconcile it to different accounts.

Then every…

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