Through having had several jobs with different retirement account providers and putting some money in places like Coinbase and Wealthfront, there are ~5 different web accounts I would have to go to to determine precisely how much money I have. This feels disorganized and has in part happened because I have been too lazy to roll over an old 401K into a new one (they make you call them!)
But I have found it to be beneficial because I think that the optimal investment strategy for me is to automatically invest each month and not to sell or trade assets. And I really like the feeling of checking numbers on a screen, especially when they are tied to something I care about. So I think if I had an easy way to see on a given day how much my net worth changed based on fluctuations in the markets, it would
1) waste a lot of time and emotional effort and
2) make me more likely to trade, especially during downturns because it would make a drop in the markets more visceral and scary
So, I think letting your accounts be a bit disorganized can help you maintain a healthy distance from your money and guard against meddling in it, which I think is in most cases not beneficial.
I agree that it’s pointless yet addicting to check the market value of a portfolio, so I could see how adding friction to such task could add a lot of benefit.
One way I purposefully add friction to my life is by making myself use the browser versions of different social medias rather than the iPhone apps. Instagram on Firefox doesn’t hit the dopamine receptors quite the same.
Nasim Taleb wrote a book called "Antifragile." His idea was that some systems benefit from shocks, while other systems are damaged by shocks. Here you've found a system that benefits from neglect, so you prophylactically hide your own finances from yourself! Shall we term this "artificial ignorance"?