20 Oct 2014

I Missed My Short Term Financial Goal by N20,539

Wow! It's already one (1) month -Sept, 19, 2014 to Oct, 19, 2014 since I began tracking my expenses on this blog.

 I said on DAY 1 that my short term (1 month financial goal) was to reduce my expenditure to 50% of income and save at least 10% of my income in one month, and I was supposed to publish this on sat 25th, October. But I decided to do it today since it is already one month since I started.


While I missed the first target, I achieved the second goal though. I spent 63% of the total money I earned in the month in review which keeps me within my general rule of not spending more than 70% of my income no matter what (from the book The Richest Man In Babylon).




Total for the month          99639

Food           14830 (14.9%)
Credit          19080 (19.1%)
Transport      7470 (7.5%)
Online       26864 (27%)        
Gifts              8200 (8.2%)
Shopping   16165 (16.2%)
Misc          7030 (7.1%)                                                  

Expenditure
Total expenses       99639


Savings in cash     58561 


Total                  158 200



Income
PP                      30, 000
Refund               10, 000
Salary               114, 100
Misc                     4, 100


Total                  158,200




Well, looking at the income and expenditure for the month in review, I fell short of spending less than 50% of my income, no thanks to some online expenses. And it also seems like I have to reduce how much I am giving to the Telcoms (most of that went to data subscription anyway but I have gotten a cheaper alternative now).

Next month, I hope to meet the first part of the target. And see if I can increase my savings.

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