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Monthly Financials – February 2022

Here are my monthly financials for February 2022.

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It is good to keep track and review your monthly financials so you can be in control of your finances.

Having a fixed income and knowing my expenses will not exceed my budget allowed me to not track my expenses before I left my job. I did not feel a need to track my finances strictly as I know I can control my spending. I only tracked my investments diligently.

Since I will not have a fixed source of income soon, I decided to start tracking my financials starting from January 2021. Money will be tight so I need to be extra prudent. This also helps generate content for my website. 

Top 3 Income Sources

Adhoc Gigs – S$540

I did some part-time as a warehouse packer for a few days. You can read more about my experience here before deciding whether you should do this job during the holidays.

Interest – S$356.56

This is made up of the coupon payments from Singapore Savings Bond and interest from Singlife and Dash PET. I forgot to include last month’s SSB interest so I included them here.

Other – S$260

This amount is made up of my Angpow for Chinese New Year, some random contest I participated online and the PTV voucher.

Top 3 Expense Sources

Gift – S$220

This is the angpows I gave out for Chinese New Year.

Investment – S$200

S$200 of it is my monthly DCA into STI ETF using POSB Invest-saver.

Transportation – S$24.57

This is my public transport costs.

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I am using an app called Money Manager to track my income and expenses. It is a free tool available on mobile available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

As far as I know, the data collected from the app is for tracking the ads you view and interact with on the app.

Please check out their privacy policy on what information they collect and what is it used for.

Personally, the value this app brings to me outweighs the value of the information I provide to them.

Comment and let me know what you think about tracking your finances.

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