June the first.

Clearing accounts at the start of the month is the easiest time to do it. Updating payment information, deciding to cancel a couple of old Patreon subscriptions since it's been months since I've listened to an episode of that podcast, remembering which family members I can piggyback off of for which streaming services so I don't need to pay for them myself - it's hard to forget to get around to it when it's the start of the billing cycle.

It's not a lot on a month to month basis, and it doesn't add up to a huge amount each year. But it's nice to get it done. To say goodbye without looking back.

What I found worth looking back on was when I last replaced my computer mouse, mostly for my own curiosity. I've used the same make and model of mouse for about as long as I've owned personal computers, and I last got a box of five new ones three years ago, around when I last got a new one - the thought was that if I bought several, I'd be good for a while. Three years seems about the amount of time these things can deliver a good performance, and with four left in the set, I've got a while before I need to start thinking about either buying more or transitioning to another kind of mouse.