Thursday, 2 May 2019

Cost of living calculator



This exercise came as both shocking and reassuring- 
  • I spend waaaay too much on food. It’s ridiculous.
  • I need to be earning about £8 an hour to maintain this lifestyle, which is comfortable most of the time (but defo a bit more if i wanna go on holiday)
  • That’s about minimum wage. Which is reassuring.
  • However, jobs probably won’t be that regular, especially to begin with. 
  • BUT I can work another part time job to keep things steady, at first
  • I’m a fast worker, so can make work to deadlines- this is positive, as i can have a fast turnaround, but also i’ll be charging for fewer hours work. 
  • But I don’t want to undervalue my work- they aren’t just paying for my hours, they’re paying for my years in school and uni training too. 
  • It’sa bit ridiculous to judge right now what i’d be charging-it depends what job i go into, the size of the work, the climate, economy, cost of living, brexshit, my Tesco Express addiction, SO many factors. 
  • But it’s reassuring that i’m not as high maintenance as i though i was, and can budget and afford to live comfortably off what i have. 


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