It’s great to be earning real money again!!
For three-and-a-half long years you've heard me whine about how little money I have and how far I have to stretch it. I'm afraid you're in for a lot of posts about what I'm going to do with a lot more money soon!
So I’m playing with various scenarios for potential income at my new job. It’s based on an 8-hour day with a half hour for lunch and working either 3, 4 or 5 days a week. This week I worked just 2 days and next work I’ll be working 3 days.
3 days a week = $765 gross a week
$3315 gross a month
$2592 net monthly
$600 discretionary income
4 days a week = $1020 a week
$4420 gross a month
$3315 net monthly
$1315 discretionary income
5 days a week = $1275 a week
$5525 gross a month
$3990 net monthly
$1990 discretionary income
The discretionary income is money left over after paying my minimum monthly expenses of around $2,000. This money could be saved or spent, or some combination of the two. It does not include money earned from my freelance work which I hope to continue in some form.
By working full-time, you can see my discretionary income more than doubles, from $600 monthly to $1990 monthly. Seriously wonder if I can do that, though today’s commute was a more reasonable one hour both ways.
Oh, the possibilities.
Today was much like yesterday except that I got to edit a roughly 40-page document in the afternoon. She seemed to like my edits. I’m done for the week. Hooray! I suppose I may have to wait another week before getting paid for this week. But it’s fun to note that in 2 days here I grossed more than I would have made after 5 days at that other proofreading job I had.
Day after tomorrow, I pick up my brand new car!!
Tomorrow I'm looking forward to catching up on mowing, getting a cashier's check from the bank for the car payment and doing some other housekeeping stuff here. May also swing my girlfriend's (my former job share person) to show off the car Friday.
Insurance agent gave me prices for the new car insurance based on a $500 deductible, as well as $1,000, $1500 and $2,000. I went with the $2,000 since I've never filed a claim and don't intend to start, and I want to bring that soon-to-be-recurring annual expense DOWN.
A stupid thing happened with one of my credit card payments. I sent payment in a while ago and they informed me the payment was rejected. I checked and realized I'd left off the first 3 digits of my bank checking account number. Luckily, I had made the payment very early on so there is no late payment fee, but if I want to use that account again, I now have to get the bank to indicate on their letterhead that this is the correct account number, etc. Kind of a pain, but i have to go there tomorrow anyway for the cashier's check so I can do this at the same time.
Still no sign of the return of $500 deposit from Ford dealer! I have to call Chase again tomorrow to find out what's going on with that. I'm still concerned.
Also tomorrow I HAVE to go to landfill which I missed doing last week.
Potential Income Scenarios
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