Not to be used for expenses... Just what you actually save and do not touch.
I make a $1000 deposit every week religiously, have been since I started dancing.
Just wondering how everyone else calculates how much they save...
Not to be used for expenses... Just what you actually save and do not touch.
I make a $1000 deposit every week religiously, have been since I started dancing.
Just wondering how everyone else calculates how much they save...





I try to save / invest an amount equal to my estimated tax payment !
3-6 months of living expenses is a good rule of thumb. But yes, taxes first! (Well actually, taxes 2nd -- put aside 10% first for savings then taxes!)
I suck I keep meaning to save 1/4-1/3 of what I make but something ALWAYS comes upI really need to get on it





I try to put $1k away a week but sometimes if unexpected bills etc come up then I can't. I got two fines this week so I will have to put a little bit less into savings.
I also put away money for my quarterely tax instalments.
There are many stereotypes about the industry that I work in. Sometimes they can be true but human beings are very diverse creatures and cannot be pigeon-holed into one category.
Some of the most effortlessly beautiful, kind, intelligent, successful, motivated, driven and ridiculously hilarious women that I have ever met have been dancers. I've met the best friends that I've ever had in this industry.
I suck. I put away what ever I have not spent for the week on bills.
God, I need to move out of Utah. 1k a week extra? That'd be nice...
I believe you Dottie and you have my support
The strategy is that you are doing it to take care of unexpected bills. So every night, put a little bit of money -- even like $25-50 -- to the 'something came up'! fund.That way when something comes up, like a car repair or something, you will have at least part of it squirreled away! 'Saving' does not necessarily have to mean 'save and never touch it', it can just mean having a little money set aside for irregular expenses. Eventually one day if you feel comfortable with how that is going you can think about starting up a 'save and don't touch' fund, but that is second to having $$ for emergencies, for sure.





I put away about 25% of whatever I make that week.
you live like an ivy vine
you can only survive by clinging onto trees
that's your flaw
put down some roots so you can stand on your own
-Kenpachi





I try to put away 10% into the don't touch it account, and 40% into the 'normal' account-rent & some bills come out of this, but whatever's left over stays for my teeny tiny emergency fund.
right now my plan of attack is to put away 75% in a save and don't touch it fund, and 25% in my checking acct/just plain cash to use on rent/bills/groceries/gas/etc..
which equals out to about 3-4K in savings, 1-1.5K in spending per month, depending on how much i make.
um... and i'll worry about taxes when I'm in a secure financial and physical place, but right now.... that's really not my priority. I was planning on saving receipts and tracking earnings and getting turbotax this year to do it right, until everything happened and I realized that I've just got to make as much money as possible and get out.
"Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I've walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, in it, and above."
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you live like an ivy vine
you can only survive by clinging onto trees
that's your flaw
put down some roots so you can stand on your own
-Kenpachi
^^ You have to remember different areas, different clubs, different everything. To some people $500 is a bad night, to others its a great night. Just depends on your circumstances.
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