My base salary is $163,000 a year as a 31-year-old living in New York City.

My base salary is $163,000 a year as a 31-year-old living in New York City and I just got paid, so let's see how I budget my bi-weekly paycheck. First, my gross pay for two weeks was $6,833. But that's just the top line and we have many deductions to come. First, we have taxable benefits, which are things like long-term disability, which is only $31. Then we have the largest section apart from taxes, which are the pre-tax deductions coming in at $1,057 total. This breaks out into three categories. First, my 401k, which I contribute $1,025 to, and then my employer will also match $273, meaning my total contribution towards my 401k for two weeks will be $1,298. After that, I contribute $25 towards my HSA and just pay $7 for dental. After all of those pre-tax deductions, we're hit with the largest deduction, which is of course taxes. And this comes out to $2,022 directly out of my paycheck towards Uncle Sam. After that, we have our post-tax deductions coming in at just $17. This means my total take-home pay for the last two weeks was $3,736. Now, once that money hits my account, we start investing it. First, I invest $1,000 into my Fidelity brokerage account. $800 of that goes directly into FBTC, which is a Bitcoin ETF, and then $200 of that goes directly into QQQ. After that, I pay $2,225 towards my portion of the mortgage. That means after all deductions, investments, and my portion of the mortgage, I am left with $513 of cold hard cash left in my account that I can do whatever I want with.