Is Anyone Else Tired of All the Log-Ins?

This post has been brewing for a while, but since taking over my aunt's finances, my number of log-ins has increased to the point that another rant was brewing. Then my car insurance company sent me a renewal notice. With all the frugaling that has come into my life, I thought briefly about comparison shopping for car insurance, but I couldn't bring myself to do anything else that would require another log-in. Then I got to thinking what my day looks like from start to finish in terms of log-ins (some are saved, but included here as part of the narrative).

7:47a - Alarm sounds

• Alarm = song purchased from iTunes (log-in required)


• Check email
  
  
  
  • Log-in to iPad
  
  
  • Log-in to internet
  
  
  • Log-in to email
  
  
  
  


• Brush teeth, shower, put on clothes
  
  
  
  • Log-in required to pay water bill
  
  
  • Log-in required to pay power bill
  
  
  • Log-in required to pay rent
  
  
  
  

8:30a  - Leave for Work

• Leave apartment, get in car, drive
  
  
  
  • Unlock and relock apartment (mechanical log-in)
  
  
  • Unlock and start car (mechanical log-in)
  
  
  • Log-in required to pay car insurance
  
  
  • Log-in/secure code required to buy gas
  
  
  • Log-in required to renew license
  
  
  • Log-in required to renew registration
  
  
  
  

9a-5p - Work

• The 8 hour work day
  
  
  
  • Key card needed to enter building each time
  
  
  • Log-in to desk phone
  
  
  • Log-in to laptop
  
  
  • Log-in to email
  
  
  • Log-in to voicemail
  
  
  • Log-in to workstation
  
  
  • Log-in to timecard
  
  
  • Log-in to client's database
  
  
  • Log-in to client's SharePoint database
  
  
  • Log-in to training database
  
  
  • Log-in to payroll system to access paychecks, benefits, PTO balance
  
  
  • Log-in to check schedule or request time-off
  
  
  • Log-off every time you leave workstation
  
  
  • Log-in to printer to print
  
  
  • Optional. Log-in to order or buy lunch
  
  
  
  

6p - Home

• Free Time/ Dinner
  
  
  
  • Takeout/ Groceries- log-in or pin required to purchase food
  
  
  • TV - log-in to some app or subscription + additional log-in to pay monthly bill
  
  
  
  

Other

• Managing Personal Finances
  
  
  
  • Log-in to check all your balances with your super secure unique 17-character passwords that must contain a drop of blood, a symbol, uppercase letter, lower case letter, non-consecutive digits, 1 eyelash that organically fell out, and must not have any sequence repeated from your last 463 passwords; if that's not enough, some invite you to participate in 2-factor authentication requiring you to log-in to your phone or email in addition to their website
  
  
  • Log-in to computer or app to document said expenses, income
  
  
  • Now double that for aging loved-ones or a partner
  
  
  • Then you have the nerve to blog about this nonsense and the log-ins just triple!
  
  
  
  

• The Rest of Life
  
  
  
  • All the log-ins!
  
  
  
  

I don't know about you but thieves are ruining lives with the incessant logging in and out of things we're required to do because of them. Obviously, I appreciate the need for security but with all the log-ins and the recent surge of 2-factor authentications, it's getting to be a lot!  What is this single 30-something to do?! How many log-ins do you encounter during your typical day? 

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