November 2022 expenses:
I failed to respect my 1270 cad budget this month...
I spent 140 cad more, mostly in food/toilet paper. Basically, I tried to go for the big formats, telling myself "This will last for a couple months at least!", but I ended up finishing most of them this month, due to unforeseen circumstances. For example, I bought 18 toilet paper rolls, but the day after, my roommate's dog trap himself in the bathroom, and out of panic, ransacked the whole bag, so I bought a smaller replacement. Another example is that I bought two big containers of nuts (there was a good deal on nuts). However, I let them on a shelf in the school kitchen, and apparently, many people thought they could have some, because what I thought was a supply for 4 months at least disappeared in 3.5 weeks. One of the nut-vacuum students was even a classmate that I know is on a very tight budget, so I would have felt bad if I had removed the nuts (I think he used them as breakfast, snack and supper). I also went to the restaurant with friends that I have not seen in 4 years... and it was expensive.
November considerations:
I think I have not specified it on this forum yet, but I am still a student... I decided to go for a game design program and I (so far) don't regret it at all. I love studying game design: we have great lectures and instructors, my classmates are awesome, the assignments are a bliss although very time-consuming and I've been doing very well so far, leading me to think I could do great as well in the industry. A downfall of that decision is that I will not have any reliable money-making activity in the next year (the program is intensive, working is not an option). Even if it is not ideal, I am so very happy in this setting! One thing I would like to improve however is exercising. I have not been exercising properly since August, and it would be much more balanced to incorporate at least one hour of muscular work into my weekly routine. I will try very hard to do so in the next weeks.