Why do my finances feel all over the place?

What the numbers show

Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count

• This comes up 270.0× more often in r/Bookkeeping than across the site as a whole.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Closing half of the credit cards to reduce complexity
2. 2
   Leaving accounts open while stopping use or deleting banking apps to prevent incentives to spend
3. 3
   Consolidating down to one bank account and one or two credit cards
4. 4
   Constantly asking for statements and doing a quick check
5. 5
   Building relationships with suppliers and clearing out things ASAP when they happen
6. 6
   Writing out bookings manually before putting them into the accounting software
7. 7
   Asking management to send an email confirming they know the risk when they refuse to pay
8. 8
   Owning mistakes and being honest with vendors

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.