{"id":905,"date":"2022-07-30T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=905"},"modified":"2022-07-30T22:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T22:20:22","slug":"end-of-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"End of Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well that was a bummer \u2026 onto debt!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May have mentioned around these parts that Half and the other half have an \u2026 untraditionally traditional lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See, Half handles the life\/life-sustaining obligations (mortgage, lights, heat, cable\/internet \u2014 which, funnily enough, is the highest bill after shelter \u2026 go figure who knew) and me, the other half, is responsible for everything else \u2026 mainly, gas & groceries \u2026 and pet care \u2026 and car stuff \u2026 and crucial theKid stuff, etc., etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As dysfunctional as it is, it works.  For us, anyways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, to get an idea of what the other half is actually spending, July was spent retaining receipts for, well, everything.\u00a0 Fun little exercise there (not).\u00a0 Care to join?\u00a0 Yes?\u00a0 Good.\u00a0 No?\u00a0 By-yeeeeeeeeee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here look:\u00a0 a chart, to peruse<\/em> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whew.  Pretty sure that\u2019s all of it but not quite \u2018coz there are school supplies on A\u2194Z but that\u2019s CREDIT (!!!AHAHAHAHHAHA!!!) but we\u2019ll pay that off in a chunk, mostly, next month so it doesn\u2019t count.  Yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND and the truck needed \u2026 stuff \u2026 so that $900 was a bit of an outlier \u2026 but not really \u2018coz while all the veeks are paid off (yeh-heah!) they\u2019re also all old (pre-20\u2019s) so gotta maintain the maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still cheaper than a new car so yeh-heah! all over and up in that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND<\/strong> And and that $6800 was for an aged, demented parent who needed some \u2026 so that too was an outlier, going to get that back \u2026 one day maybe, perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now with full, total, and absolute disclosure \u2013 it\u2019s really, really hard to maintain a spending plan with a kid, particularly theKid \u2026 the $500 of Rando was spending on theKid.\u00a0 BUT but it\u2019s entirely doable \/ just must get theKid involved in the process, and remember to ask the 7 Q\u2019s before spending, even on theKid\/kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One wise move?  Have a specific spending plan for the child(ren), say \u2026 $100 or $250 or $1000 that will be used solely for stuff the child(ren) want\/need\/bug for \u2026 7 Q\u2019s still apply, but just got to ask theKid\/kids those questions.  {Prov. 29:15<\/em>}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See?  Still works, just must work more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well that was a bummer \u2026 onto debt! May have mentioned around these parts that Half and the other half have an \u2026 untraditionally traditional lifestyle.  See, Half handles the life\/life-sustaining obligations (mortgage, lights, heat, cable\/internet \u2014 which, funnily enough, is the highest bill after shelter \u2026 go figure who knew) and me, the other … <\/p>\n

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