Budgets

I'm doing my budget now.

I will now begin the phase of life where I obsess over budgeting the minutia of my life. Quite sad really. But analysis of spending patterns is key.

I realize at this point in life I don't spend any money on stuff. M major monthly expenses:
- haircut $75 (listen this is tokyo...)
- lunch $15
- coffee break/breakfast daily $6
- transit to/from work (taxi + train) $20
- misc shopping, clothing, etc are amortized in some way but not typical spend.

So basically I spend $41 a day or avg to $1200 a month. Quite high compared to days of old but again this is the hell hole grind of Tokyo.

I don't know what my gf spends money on, I need to dig into her budget w/ some more scrutiny. Many of these girls are so irresponsible w/ money.... they don't know themselves.

I'm re-budgeting because I'm looking at renting a new apartment. Rents are down on the high end > $4k. Below $4k is down 10% at most because its still a feasible range for most. >$4k was only expat and those contracts are far and few between these days.