Sep '24 • Real College Budgets
My Budget
My college income comes from two sources:
+ Part-time job at the campus radio station
+ National Guard drill pay and education stipend
What do I do with it?
Since I've started getting off my family plans for insurance and bills, these take up about 10% of my income (Mine might be a lower percentage of my income than others since I use military life & health insurance) For my current subscriptions, I use student plans offered by Amazon Prime and Spotify Premium (must-haves for students).
I always set aside about 20% of my money to just have fun with, from eating out with friends to buying new things for my dorm.
Right now I feel comfortable investing about 50% of my money in my brokerage account with Robinhood since I've always been interested in passive investing and letting my money grow over time.
With the remaining 20%, I simply keep it in my savings account as a sort of "emergency fund" that is easily accessible if I ever need to buy something quickly!
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