Profile
I am thirty-nine years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama.
Spending & Saving
May was a really great month overall – though I think a lot of that is based on an excellent weekend getaway to Venice.
It was also a wildly busy month. My students had their spring theatre festival, so it was the month with the most hours of work. I also had a deadline I was a little behind with for a school thing, that I finally sent off the other day and feel much better about.
Though the pressure cooker feeling of grad school just keeps building. I suspect this is the new normal until the blasted thesis is submitted next year.
I also had Covid for a week, that was serious enough to really wipe me out. So overall, this month was a rollercoaster.
But ending it not sick and in Venice was really nice. It was such a nice weekend getaway. We definitely went well over our intended budget but, screw it, worth it.
My rent went up with month, to nearly $1500 for an abject shithole, so I am excited that I will only be paying that rent for one more month before we move out of London, my car insurance was due for rthe year, and I paid for most of the vacation stuff I will be doing over the summer except for a flight home in July. So… expensive month.
I was able to pull the car insurance costs from my savings, as planned. I also was able to pay for Venice a little bit more than expected from my checking since my teaching paycheck was larger than I thought it was going to be and covered most of my rent, with the little bit I had left over from last month too.
But I think worth it in the long run. One more month of pricely London living and some fun summer expenses before we head out to life in the suburbs.
Rent – $1432.21
Car – $1125.90
BFF Vacation – $932.52
Venice – $865.25
Food – $518.21
Clothes – $195.48
Passport Renewal – $175.91
Gifts – $149.21
Utilities – $146.04
Transit – $86.65
Apartment – $72.31
School – $71.39
Blog – $68.79
Charity – $40.76
Health – $24.30
Entertainment – $23.52
Miscellaneous – $4.30
Total Spending in May: $5,932.75
Hustling
This month’s income:
Teaching Assistant – $1173.24
Digital Producing – $1133.00
BFF Vacation Reimbursement – $552.70
Adjuncting – $496.84
brokeGIRLrich – $58.66
Cashback – $8.20
Income This Month: $3,422.64
Net Worth: May 2024
Goals
Save up $5,000 for school– via saving or scholarships.
Max out 2023 Roth IRA.
Max out 2024 Roth IRA ($7000).
Max out HSA ($4150).$100 contributed, $4050 to go.
Stage manage a show. Starting strong! I’d like to hopefully stage manage another before the end of 2024.