Mamamia’s Money Diaries asks Australians to record a week in their financial lives. Kind of like a sex diary but with money. So not like a sex diary at all. We still find out the best kept secrets though. We discover what women are really spending their hard-earned cash on. Nothing is too outrageous or too sacred. This week a 25-year-old producer tells all.
Industry: Media
Age: 25
Salary: $45,000 but working part time temporarily, so $27,000.
Housing: Renting in a jam-packed sharehouse of five.
Regular expenses set aside after receiving monthly wage:
- Rent : $650
- Mobile phone: $40 (hooray for prepaid!)
- Internet: $12
- Entertainment (Netflix and Stan): $20
- Myki: $70
- Other bills: Approx $30
Savings: Nada.
Debt: HECS debt approx. $50,000.
Assets: Can I call my beaten up Commodore an asset? I don’t think so.
MONDAY – Day One
8:00am: I wake up with a raging fever so opt for an iced latte in lieu of breakfast – $3.50
8:30am: Stop off on my way to work to stock up on $9 worth of Vitamin C. This cold will NOT get the better of me.
12:00pm: My tummy starts to rumble so I venture out in the cold in search of food and find a health store selling chicken soup. Sounds like a great idea until they dish up the wrong batch and I end up with a putrid green kale and quinoa detox soup. I throw my $5.90 down the drain, literally.
2:00pm: One of the superstars in the office made banana bread so I help myself to a (second) slice to tide me over until dinner – $0
Top Comments
Almost every person in this series is purchasing coffee and lunch everyday.
It's not that glamorous.
You don't need Netflix or Stan, there's I view and other free to air stuff
That's only $20 a month, and baring in mind that if you have a chronic illness you are more likely having to spend more time resting so more tv. (NOTE - this is not because of LAZYNESS but illness requires additional rest and love it or hate it, television is the easiest way to do this).
Love the different perspectives these diaries bring. Thank you!
Good point Dee. If I was housebound because of illness I'd probably go Stan and Netflix give the Telegraph a good work out