so decided to run some numbers, and was shocked exactly how tight I'm running my budget.. the % left over in the end is about ~3% of YEARLY income after tax.


Rent: 37.22%
Food: 18.6%
Car Ins: 7.44%
Gas: 7.44%
Convention/Rainy Day fund: 10%
Retirement: 6.2%
Loan: 10.2%

I probably should mention I got a new job .. Assistant Manager at Hy-Vee , and this is using the number from that..