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The Digital Life Management Workbook

Your partner asks who to call about the internet bill, and the answer is in a file they can open.

  • The WorkbookAn .xlsx spreadsheet
  • The guideWhat every column means, as a PDF and an EPUB
Choose your license
What each license covers

Every license comes with the same files. The license says who may use them.

Personal is for your own home. Use the files for yourself and your family.

Commercial is for one facilitator, coach, or teacher who uses the files with clients, a class, or a team. Choose one seat for each person who leads.

Extended commercial lets you put the files inside something you sell, like a course, a program, or a client kit.

Buying for a whole firm, a school, or a shop? Ask for a quote on my Wholesale and licensing page.

$79

Your download link arrives by email the moment you pay. You have seven days to change your mind.

Insidethe Workbook
  • Your accounts
  • Your money
  • Who to call
  • What auto-bills
  • Your files
  • Your devices
  • Your contacts
  • A child
  • A business
  • Your yearly review
Real talk

It is all in your head and nowhere else.

Someone asks which insurance company you are with, and you have to go and look. You have done some of this work already, and it lives in scattered notes. You have tried a notes app, a notebook, and a folder, and none of them stuck.

What you need is one place that answers where it is and who to call and that does not fall apart the first busy month.

The Workbook is a spreadsheet for your accounts, your money, your files, your devices, and your contacts, with worksheets for a child and a business if they apply to you. It records what you have and where it lives, and never what unlocks it.

And you never have to do a step alone. Honest IT support is the companion to the Digital Life Management System and to Accounted For. When a step in the Workbook needs a hand, you book thirty minutes on Google Meet and we do that step together.

Tab by tab

A home page and a worksheet for each part of your life.

  1. Start hereIt tells you what is done, what is not, and when you last looked.The home pageWorksheet

    A few cells, a checklist, and a progress table. Fill it in first, then take one tab at a time, in any order you like.

  2. What you haveWhat each account is for and where it lives.Digital accountsWorksheet

    Every account, its purpose, and the email it uses. It never holds the passwords.

  3. Who to callAccounts, cards, what is auto-billing, and who to call about each one.MoneyWorksheet

    Your financial accounts in one place, with the numbers to call, so nobody has to dig through statements.

  4. Where it all livesWhere your files are and which device holds what.Files, devices, and contactsWorksheets

    Your files, your devices, and the people attached to your accounts, side by side.

  5. Only if they are yoursThese worksheets apply to some people, and you can skip them.A child and a businessWorksheets

    Separate worksheets for a child’s accounts and for a business, for the people who need them.

Once it is filled in

What is true when you finish.

  • Every account you own has one line that says what it is for.
  • Anyone you trust can find who to call about any bill.
  • You know what is auto-billing to which card.
  • Your files and devices are listed with what each one holds.
  • Every Don’t Know became a task you found and finished.
  • Nothing in the file can open anything, so you can keep it somewhere convenient.
  • The Last Annual Review cell tells you when you last looked.
  • A few minutes on a Sunday keeps it current.

From Accounted For

The workbook is for you and for the person you chose, when either of you needs to find things quickly.

Ashley KarrAccounted For

Ashley Karr, smiling, in a sunny home office
Meet the founder

Hi, I’m Ashley.

I have worked for more than twenty years in accessibility, trust and safety, and product research and design. I helped create many of the systems our day-to-day lives depend on: banking, payments, identity, and fraud protection. One of my roles was vice president of product research at JPMorgan Chase, and I hold a master’s degree in human factors and systems engineering.

I write books, teach, and build good products. Whatever brought you here, I’m glad you came.

Ashley

Read my story
Before you buy

You have questions, and I have plain answers.

  1. What do I open it with?

    It is an .xlsx file. Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice all open it. The guide notes the places where Numbers and Sheets behave slightly differently.

  2. Will I really fill it in?

    You are more likely to if you do one tab per session instead of the whole Workbook in a weekend. Don’t Know is a real answer, and a Workbook half filled in is worth far more than an empty one.

  3. Can I put my passwords in it?

    Please do not, and the guide explains why. Use a password manager for those and the Emergency Information Record for the handful of things a password manager cannot hold.

  4. Do I need the System to use it?

    No. It works on its own as a structure to fill in. With the three months of the System, it fills in as you go.

  5. How do I get the files?

    The moment you pay, an email arrives with your download link. Save the files to your own computer and they are yours. There is no account to create and nothing to log back into.

  6. What if I need help with a step?

    Book an Honest IT support session. It is the companion to the Digital Life Management System and to Accounted For. For thirty minutes on Google Meet, you and I work through that step together, and you keep the mouse.

  7. Can I get a refund?

    Yes. Read it, try it, and if it is not what you wanted, write within seven days of buying it. A real person will get back to you soon with your refund.