Food expenses seemed to be quite high last month. $361.28
I think we were getting a bit sloppy and just decided to go out to eat more than normal.
Bought a Taiwan flight for April 2019. $522
Wife bought some lunches for her staff in Feb cos it was Chinese New Year so gift expenses was quite high as well. $151
What's more interesting is the below table where I tabulated my expenses for the past 12 months.
I tried my best, but I could be careless, so I may have tabulated stuff incorrectly through the months, but I reckon generally it should be representative of my expenses for the past 12 mths.
1) Basic expenses. These are needs. So food, household expenses, transport, etc all go here.
2) Then come the Wants. Anything else comes here.
3) Next is my wife's work related expenses. These I put them separately cos they would likely disappear if she stops working.
4) Are the fixed expenses. Also needs but these expenses don't change every month.
The last 2 columns are the total for 12 months and the average which is the total divided by 12.
So right at the bottom right, I spent $43,994.78 in total, $18,154.06 are personal expenses, $25,840.72 are work related expenses.
So if my wife retired, it's likely that our monthly expense would be around or slightly above $1,512.84. Which is the personal expenses divided by 12.
Can't really say my expenses are super low. Cos I know I could bring them lower easily.
Can't really say my personal expenses are super high. I think $1,512 per mth is pretty reasonable.
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