Situation Report — Thu 8 Oct 2026
Pay day. Pay rule done. $900 → Survival, $100 → Emergency, $100 → Savings.
The car service hit hard at
$1,670 — double the estimate. You handled it by pulling $700 from Emergency and shuffling transfers. It's paid, it's done, the ute is serviced. Emergency Fund at
$1,300 and climbing — $400 went in this pay. Car repair mode stays active until rego, licence, and brake quote are all resolved.
Survival has
$1,033 and covers this week's bills comfortably — rent Monday, Spotify/ChatGPT/loan Wednesday. Around
$726 buffer left after.
Income Hub at
$1,195 for the fortnight (after pending transactions). School term in full swing so spending should stay tighter than holidays.
Three things to do this week: move Claude Pro, Audible, and Stan to Survival — they're still draining Income Hub. Cancel Google Cloud. And start thinking about
car rego ~$900 due 21 Sep — that's 6 weeks away and two pays.
Tax deductions logged for next FY: Nearpod $142.59, Google Cloud $25, EzyReg $22, CFS training fuel ~$65. Keep those receipts.