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I work as a student caller, making pretty much minimum wage, listening to voicemails all day long hoping that someone will just pick up the phone and talk to me; frankly it’s quite tiring to listen to a dial tone for three hours. This minimum wage job has managed to grant me approximately $195 a month. This seems low yes, but I only work two shifts a week, three hours per shift. If I can somehow manage to double the amount of income I recieve budgeting my money might be slightly easier.
I’ve used Microsoft Excel in the past and have had success keeping track of how tuition money, schedules and other things I feel Excel can help out with. Though, this time someone suggested to me to try out Microsoft Money.
I’ve only been using it for a few hours so I can’t really give a thorough review of it just yet. However, so far I’m finding it very useful. You can set up budgets, print reports or pie charts of your expenditures, you can even sync it with your online banking, though it only works with select banks and programs (my bank is not one of the included banks).
I should be writing more on this once I have used it a bit more. Till then, I should probably do something about my severe lack of funds.
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February 7th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Sounds good. Is there any similar software that do work with your bank?
February 8th, 2009 at 4:56 am
As far as I know, no, but I’ll look into it.
February 16th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
you may want to try out mint. it’s not as technical as ms money is, but you can set up budgets (even have them e-mail alerts when you’re near them). it also interfaces with almost every bank (and it’s free!)
February 16th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Sounds interesting. I might try it. Though only if it has my bank. My bank is First National Bank of Scotia. Do you happen to know if that one is included?
February 18th, 2009 at 11:56 am
yes, it is.
May 17th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I love mint! (even though I only have one transaction on my pie chart lol).