Payday

It's payday, so let's budget a paycheck together. So for context, I'm a software development engineer and I do content creation on the side. My 9 to 5 salary is split up from my base salary which is paid weekly and then I also get stock that's paid out throughout the year. So my gross base salary was $6,448.54. $255.54 comes right off into my RRSP which my employer matches. So after taxes and deductions, I'm left with $4,242.68 that actually hits my bank account. This paycheck also had a stock payout. So I had 43 stock payouts. 22 of those shares were automatically sold for taxes plus $774.90. 21 stocks stay invested. So after taxes, $774.90 of those 22 stocks that were sold. Plus the 21 stocks that weren't sold. So $4,242.68 (base salary) + $774.90 (leftover stock). I only budget the cash because the stock I get to keep, I just keep in my investments. Then my content creation money is not consistent by any means. I've already saved enough for self-employment taxes, so I'm budgeting the full amount. So content creation, $731.58. And altogether $5,749.16. So right away, $1400 for my bi-weekly mortgage payment and $200 is auto-invested. So I keep some of every paycheck to pay my credit card at the end of the month. So starting with sinking funds, I'm putting $450 into my travel fund, $200 into my gift fund and $900 into my big expenses fund because I have home insurance coming up next month. Then another $1300 is going into my investments. And finally, the rest is going into my wedding fund, $99.16. As always, the most important part is that every dollar is accounted for.