I used to follow this process for many of my logins (the less critical ones) before password managers were mainstream, and it was a conscious decision to do so.

I used to follow this process for many of my logins (the less critical ones) before password managers were mainstream, and it was a conscious decision to do so. It’s more secure than a) reusing an existing password everywhere and b) setting a trivial password that _just_ passes the site’s password requirements. You can’t expect me to memorize all passwords for all different logins, especially the ones for less important sites, and especially if these sites impose their ridiculous password restrictions on me.