More Joy - Week 23

[silensy]

Once again, I remembered to do this because I have a google calendar reminder set up. Oh my life, you'd be so lost without Google.

Maybe I could use Bing instead. (That's a joke.)

Anyway, how are you guys so amazing? Let me count the ways: 23 weeks, nearly $1000 earned, 13 participants at or above $50.

How about this week? How amazing are you?

Previous weeks:

W19: 10
W20: 2, 7, 10 12

Comments

[frogmajick.livejournal.com]

So, I want to get all square with my bills once I start this job, which could probably be done in the first 6 weeks.

Is there a percent or something you use to decide how much to pay yourself first?

[silensy]

This is more of a finance filter question but I'll answer it quickly here and break it down more there.

There's no percent that I use, just what I feel like I can afford. The key is not how much but how consistently. Using more joy as the rule, $5 a week isn't a lot but 23 weeks later, a perfect goal record is $115.

Take it a step further to what I personally contribute toward more joy and it's something like $45 a week gets you over the $1000 in less than 6 months.

What I'd do is total up bills, figure out what's left and then pay yourself whatever you feel comfortable with. If you can contribute more some paychecks, do that. If not, at least pay your "self" bill.