For me, I am very poor on the immediate day of my pay check! 发薪日光光族?
On the immediate night of my pay day every month, I would:
- Transfer around 60-65% of my pay to my Joint account and personal saving account for investment and saving - pay myself first.
- Give 15% to parents as allowance.
- Take out a sum of few hundreds cash as food expense and put in cupboard.- this would be my pure food expenditure in hawkers, coffee shops, ntuc groceries for the months. Amount taken out would be dependent on how much I had left from last month.
- The rest will remains in daily account for stuffs like occasional credit card spending for entertainment, utilities, singtel, conservatory charges etc.
I live a poor but happy life! Delay Gratification!
I am 发薪日光光族.
Are you 月光族 or 发薪日光光族?
(sometimes I wonder how great would it be if I can be like my siblings, earned at least double my earned income but yet either don't give parents money or delay very long then give a bit and refuse to offer their place for my parents to stay. I would be able to save much more and reach my FF goal faster. I am just stupid. )
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Hello OT,
I don't know why, but when I read your heading, first thing that comes to mind is Sailor Moon!? Die! Revealed I watch Sailor Moon cartoon... Shy...
I see you are also skilled in 指桑骂槐...
Tomorrow I will dedicate a song to you. Stay tuned ;)
Hi SMOL,
Why sailor moon? Haha I decided to hide some of original post somewhere :)
What song? I hope to hear it :)
omg 65%! thats alot!
Drizzt,
60% is not a lot if u consider absolute amt, given my low pay.
In addition, I think you should save much more than me absolutely as well as %.
I have a similar routine as you every month, just that I choose to transfer out whatever amount I allocated for spending, and leave the remaining untouched. This way I can control my discretionary spending within a preset limit too. So my main savings/ investment account happens to be my salary account too. :)
Blackjack
Hi Blackjack,
I am glad to have someone in common. The ideas is the same although the method is different.
Congrats 发薪日光光族!
Hello OT,
By the power of Moonlight energy, transform!
美少女戰士-月光仙子變身
Maybe you too young to have watched it. LOL!
Hi OT
You show financial discipline :-)
Be well and prosper.
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