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90 Days Expenses in Ireland
My previous story about moving to The Republic of Ireland as a postgraduate student invited queries from my connections regarding the quality of life, the weather, the people, living expenses, job opportunities and whatnot.
Today, I am touching on one major topic that is “Expenses”. These expenses are based on the town I live in — Letterkenny, Donegal, IE. The percentages will remain close for other towns and cities.
Living abroad as a student have major challenges like searching for accommodation, looking for food of your liking, looking for reasonable shopping places, understanding the bills and laws and managing studies alongside.
I record my income and expenses to keep track of my everything that comes in and goes out of my hand. I further divide the way I spend like cash, bank transfer, card payment or any other method. Similarly I categorize my transaction based on what the money was spent on like clothing, food, entertainment, rent etc. as seen in figure above.
Let’s start breaking down my three month expense summary:
