Product and systems design / 2026

Making everyday money records useful

A workbook and guide that connect everyday records with a wider view of income, expenses and savings.

My contribution
Builder and designer
Context
Personal product
Territories
Systems / Design
An editorial diagram of the workbook’s actual modules. No transaction data shown.

The context

The Personal Financial Tracker is a workbook I built to bring daily financial records and periodic review into one structure.

How do you make a financial workbook understandable enough to use consistently?

A connected workbook

The structure connects Settings, monthly expense pages, Cash Inflow, Savings and an Annual Summary. A separate guide explains how to use it.

The documentation covers currency labels, date handling and balance logic. Those details matter because a workbook has to be understandable as well as functional.

The work around the spreadsheet

The product includes supporting documentation and a financial-resources companion. They help connect the record-keeping structure with how someone approaches the tool.

The diagram on this page shows the workbook’s actual information structure. It contains no personal transactions or customer data.

What this case establishes

A workbook and supporting documentation exist. No sales, adoption or savings-improvement figure is claimed here. This is a view of the design and structure, rather than a product release or financial advice.

Product/process case study. Customer release is handled separately; no editable master or private financial record is distributed here.