I Have $216 in My Wallet and -$30 in the Bank (Besides my Fuck Off Fund)
Monday Money Check-in
Last weekend I went to the wonderful Lola retreat to learn from money geniuses like Amanda Clayman, Tonya Rapley, and Liz Frugalwoods. The morning I was to meet them, I checked my bank account, and saw that my personal checking was -$200. The check that I sent to my retirement savings, or the one that I’m supposed to be sending to my retirement checking but called to put a stop payment on, had gone through. The next day, it transferred over the $135 I had from starting to save again.
One hundred miles from home, with a few days’ travel ahead of me, I took the $200 out of my tax savings account to have in physical money form. Don’t worry, I only needed it to pay my taxes.
And so Mint told me that I spent $1,278 last week, but I have $216 of that in my wallet. I’m writing for a publication in Australia, and I think the payment is arriving by cargo. They owe me about $2,990 AUD, or $2,374. If I keep spending $1,000 a week, I’m going to have to pull money from my Fuck Off Fund.
I’m supposed to be scheduling $1,000 worth of work a week, but I’ve been working so much on my book, due in 8 days, that I haven’t had much time to do any paid work. I’m going to Italy Sept. 6, which will not help. (But, it’s Italy.)
Pulling money from my Fuck Off Fund takes two days, and I’m always playing this game of whether or not today is the day I should get some out.
Join us at the Facebook group Fuck Off Funders if you need to talk about growing or keeping your Fuck Off Fund.

