I have been doing the tracking for years and don't find it to be a lot of trouble. Actually, I slowed down my spending on the other categories when I realized my percentage ratio to non food items were pretty high compared to my food spending. The tracking made me more aware of using coupons and its impact on my spending.
Everyone's finances is different and depending where you are; you will deal with it differently. For me, there was a time when there was little money and irregular income. Our circumstances can change the way we do our finances. But, I do appreciate and understand why not everyone is interested in tracking this. When we all started getting out of debt, we all tracked our spending to see where we were blowing.
I used to think I wasn't spending much on nonfood items until I started tracking it.
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