I'm the type of person who takes advantage of free trials and then forgets to cancel them. Then, with every new charge, I try to figure out how to cancel them and then wonder if I should keep them. It's a vicious cycle that I'm not proud of — most of all, it's a waste of money.
If you're like me, you know that between streaming services, cloud storage plans, AI subscriptions, fitness apps and a slew of digital memberships, it's surprisingly easy to lose track of what you're paying for each month.
I recently decided to audit my own subscriptions and instead of manually sorting through everything, I used ChatGPT as a personal financial assistant. It was much faster than I anticipated and I finally got a better picture of every subscription. When I added everything together, I discovered I was spending nearly $166 per month on subscriptions, or almost $2,000 per year.
