Clearing distractions one by one

This morning I canceled my account with Mint.com. Mint.com is a website where you can track the activity on all of your loans, bank accounts, and credit cards in one place for free. Using this data Mint.com makes it easy to set up a budget and to track spending. While I liked tracking all of my accounts from one site, I never used the budgeting and other features of Mint.com.

I was still getting weekly reminders to log into my account, even though I had not used Mint.com for at least several months. Canceling my account with Mint eliminated one small distraction each week. But these distractions can add up quickly and will distract you from working on other chores or tasks that need to be done. Eliminating unnecessary distractions, by focusing on eliminating one distraction at a time is easy to do and will allow you to spend more of your time on things that will actually be a benefit to you. 

Comments

[Joe]

So the website wasn't helpful to begin with? It seems like it would have been a great idea.

[John MacKenzie]

Joe

The features on Mint.com were very good and very user friendly. I would suggest the site to others. It just did not fit in with my system. The data i was getting from Mint was often a day behind, and I never used most of the tools and features.