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Lasting to the end of the month

Does anyone ever make their salary last to the end of the month? It just won't happen for me!

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  • Archi_Bald
    Archi_Bald Posts: 9,681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Fill in a detailed SOA and then hop over to the DebtFree Wannabe board and post the SOA there, together with your questions.

    Use this form: http://www.stoozing.com/calculator/soa.php
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Only one person to ask why it doesn't.
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    of course it will if you make it....
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    It most cases those that have this issue have no idea where there money goes
    (some don't even know how much is coming in)

    A proper budget will identify where it is going wrong and what steps are needed to fix the problem.

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    Archi_Bald wrote: »
    Fill in a detailed SOA and then hop over to the DebtFree Wannabe board and post the SOA there, together with your questions.

    Use this form: http://www.stoozing.com/calculator/soa.php
  • trailingspouse
    trailingspouse Posts: 4,046 Forumite
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    citymodel wrote: »
    Does anyone ever make their salary last to the end of the month? It just won't happen for me!

    Yes, yes I do. Every month. Have managed this every month for the last 33 years.

    As well as the Debt-free Wannabe board, have a look at the Old Style money saving board and learn a bit about thrift. And learn to Just Say No.
    No longer a spouse, or trailing, but MSE won't allow me to change my username...
  • NotRichAtAll
    NotRichAtAll Posts: 923 Forumite
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    i used to get paid monthly, managed my money easily for 14 years lasted every month without borrowing or going into overdraft. Got made redundant, found another job and now get paid weekly, even easier to manage my money and remain in the black.
    No i am not super rich or loaded, i am an average joe bloggs aged 53.
  • bengal-stripe
    bengal-stripe Posts: 3,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Adopt and adhere to the Micawber principle:
    "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery."

    Wilkins Micawber, fictional character from Charles Dickens's David Copperfield (1850).
  • TrustyOven
    TrustyOven Posts: 746 Forumite
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    citymodel wrote: »
    Does anyone ever make their salary last to the end of the month? It just won't happen for me!

    Are you overspending?

    Can you please post a SoA?
    Goals
    Save £12k in 2017 #016 (£4212.06 / £10k) (42.12%)
    Save £12k in 2016 #041 (£4558.28 / £6k) (75.97%)
    Save £12k in 2014 #192 (£4115.62 / £5k) (82.3%)
  • nearlyrich
    nearlyrich Posts: 13,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    I have payments into savings set up from my main account if I have an expensive month I can draw on savings but I do live well within my salary each month 99% of the time.
    Free impartial debt advice from: National Debtline or Stepchange[/CENTER]
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