It is interesting that I was speaking disdainfully about my spouse’s employment and the pitiful small bit of money it brings into the household; but without this pitiful small bit of money earned at a less than prestigious job, we’d probably be homeless at this point. The most I earned in July was $600 and so far in August I haven’t earned a dime. We’ve been fortunate that I had enough on the bank from previous month’s earnings to make up the difference. Here’s what our monthly expenses look like. (Ph/Ca/In = Phone/Cable/High Speed Internet; Utilities include water, sewer and electricity.

The total monthly expenses per month for my household is $2140. I estimated up for the phone/cable/internet and utlities. The “Other” probably come out to less than $300 also. Not sure about food. I think too much money is going towards food every month one way or another. But let’s call the monthly expenses $2000.On average my spouse contributes $800 per month. That leaves $1200 for me to come up with every month to make up the difference. Previously I was able to manage because I had a number of sources via which I generated income. $500 here, $550 there, an occasional $100 from Google, a sale here and there, occasional web development gigs; but everything has suddenly changed. My financial situation is in a critical state; and I need to figure out what is going on and find a solution because, from the chart above, the income coming into this household plainly shows that we can’t afford even a sub-standard of living.