Or you could be self employed and need to print invoices. Best use of Gnucash.

Well youth is for throwing away. It almost does not matter how you do it. I got myself thrown out of the Seattle public school system, ran away from home and spent the few years playing music and taking drugs. Just when I was getting undeniably good, I injured my hand and could no longer play that well.
Wasted time? Maybe. Hey I forgot to mention in the fifth grade there was mention of sending me to college, then. Maybe I should also mention that most things are still transparent to me. I have found that being smart causes resentment in most of the population.