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I like have 3 bank accounts, paycheck split between first 2...1. Bills, this should have the whole month worth of bills covered + 10 % for some variable stuff like electric or water. 2. Play money, this is whatever money I have left over after filling the bills account as needed. I can use this money for whatever I want as long as it covers the cost. I am lazy and want to order delivery, account 2. I want a new game to play, account 2. I want to go out to the movies account 2. As long as account 1 is not touched everything should be covered. The third account is savings. At the end of every month I empty account 1 and account 2 and put left over into account 3. You have an emergency, your car breaks down, your partner is breaks a bone, a large gang of monkeys break in and steal all your bananas.. Take the money for the expenses from account 3.You may need to adjust the date of transfer for your situation for example make sure there is the rent money in account 1 on the first, don't empty it out on the 31st. It requires some tuning for timing of transfers and percentage of over paying into the bills account for variations but generally works well for me.
I do something similar altho the second is more like a credit card in that it has to be restored each month to its original balance but im working on as its been a little more spendy then id like, its improving as I make changes to get more organized and reduce unnecessary stressors haha but its trending in the right direction
That's why I don't make it a credit card. Bills are 3500, pay is 4000, I have 500 to play with. Next month I do over overtime, now pay is 4500 so I have 1000 to play with. Next month company closes for a week due to holidays, so pay is 3500 I have 0 to play with. It could change every month but I always try to look a month a head.
Edit: if I had a constant 1000 each month of play money from a credit card it would be too tempting on some months to think "I'll just borrow 100 from next month, things should be better then so I can pay it back."
Yeah, I might need to change that amount, its on the radar for sure. Will do better on it, kinda have to due to circumstance, the best kind of 'stance