{"id":824,"date":"2026-06-23T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmoneymaps.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2026-06-23T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:00:33","slug":"budget-my-13k-paycheck-with-me-budgetingtips-budgeting-budgetwithme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmoneymaps.com\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Budget my $13k paycheck with me #budgetingtips #budgeting #budgetwithme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfaqZKLoSkk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing to take away from this budget with me video, its that we always pay ourselves first! \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>Ps. Don&#8217;t we all love a 3 paycheck cycle month hehe. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd I use my 5 Year Budget Personal Finance Tracker to budget and track my money. <\/p>\n<p>\u2728 If you\u2019re interested and keen to start your financial journey, the link to my budget tracker is in my bio! <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Context: My husband and I are currently rent-vesting in Sydney. We have one doggo. While we don\u2019t combine our finances (we invest separately etc), we do have a joint expenses &amp; joint savings accounts together, and we\u2019re fully aligned on our goals and the life we want to achieve. <\/p>\n<p>Other sources of income like dividends, rental income, and side hustles are excluded here, this breakdown focuses only on my 9 to 5 salary. 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