Category Oct-19 Comments
Rent $3,998.29 Apartment move-in payments in Japan are expensive!
Internet $0.00 Nothing this month
Cell Phone $25.27 Extra data SIM card until my home internet gets set up
Natural Gas $0.00 Nothing this month
Electricity $0.00 Nothing this month
Water $3.17 Initial water payment
Groceries $211.81 Not too terrible, but I’ll reserve final judgement until I get a feel for baseline grocery expenses.
Transport $271.33 Paid for a 6 month commuter pass for work.
Health $9.39 Cold medicine
Other $237.37 Haircut, shipping, mail forwarding
Necessary $4,756.63 Pretty high, but this will drop dramatically starting next month
Restaurants $160.59 Not too bad, considering how much more often I’m eating out than the US
Entertainment $0.00 Nothing this month.
Shopping $1,055.20 Furnishing my new apartment
Travel/Parking $283.26 Discounted hotels.com gift card, airfare for travel in December
Gifts/Donations $0.00 Nothing this month.
Software/Games $0.00 Nothing this month.
Business $8.72 Residual amazon fees
Other $0.00 Nothing this month.
Discretionary $1,507.77 Pretty high, but this will drop dramatically starting next month
Total Expenses $6,264.40 Pretty high, but this will drop dramatically starting next month
Gross Income $162.24 Interest
401(k) Match $0.00 Nothing this month
Taxes $0.00 Nothing this month
Net Income $162.24 Not much to speak of
Savings -$6,102.16 Really, really low
Savings Rate -3761.19% Really, really low
Net Worth $316,624.30 Only slightly below last month, which is great considering how much I spent moving this month