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My wife and I are bad at not spending money. We do save but fairly unintentionally and as a bi-product of my income. We both want to live a more "fulfilling" life. I want this diary to keep track of our spending and hopefully keep me in check on achieving some kind of early retirement goal. I hope some people can help us by four eyes'ing it all.
I am fairly on top of my accounts and will include my expenses every month.
audible | 8 |
entertainment | 393 |
food | 590 |
health | 283 |
health:gym | 2265 |
home | 51 |
misc:cash | 76 |
mobile | 23 |
music | 7 |
oyster | 118 |
rent | 2363 |
restaurants | 116 |
takeaways | 232 |
travel | 6 |
Total: | 6531 |
Wife's expenses aren't incuded (but are less). Gym is for PT sessions, and probably lasts me 4 months. Costs aren't exact as I need to fx them into GBP. We live in Asia. We have no equivalent finance forum unfortunately.
These accounts from March to April. And I will post the more recent accounts in the near future. I thought I should start near a new tax year! Goals are to generally reduce across the board, however this won't happen until I start entering the July accounts!
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Difficult to comment as I have no ideas of costs in Asia & how they compute.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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