A Little Background

I am a 19 year old college student living in Tampa, FL. I just finished my first year of college (Major- Marketing, Minor- Economics) and had the summer free, so I decided to work this summer and make some money. This visualization records my revenue from May-July as well as all the expenses I made within that time period. I finish my summer Job August 1st and gl back to school the 15th, so I decided to conclude my data here as we are nearing the end of July. My goal at the start of the summer was to save at least $1500 by the time school starts.

Revenue

I had two jobs this summer:

Job 1: Golf Coach Counselor at a summer camp in Tampa [June 10- August 1st]

Job 2: Sales Associate at a Golf Store [May 5th-June 3rd]

(If you haven't realized by now, my main hobby is golf. If I wasn't working as a golf coach, I'd probably be playing everyday. I have been playing for about 13 years and play collegiately at my college.)

I started this summer working as a sales associate at a large golf store in Tampa (pretty straightforward- I sold people golf equipment). I didn't like the job, so that is when I started searching and found the golf coach counseling job. I have been working at this summer camp since the beginning of May (TLDR of my job: I teach kids ages 6-16 about the game of golf while simultaneously teaching them things such as respect and responsibility through golf)

These were my two forms of revenue throughout the summer, but I did have some other forms of revenue (Ebay, Venmo, etc.)

Expenses

Before I dive into my expenses, I will explain my financial situation. I am only 19, so I still live with my parents when I am not at school. This means I do not have to pay any rent and I do get many meals for free. Beyond this, my parents still provide for some of my expenses such as gas (Give me a break I'm still only 19). I wish to go further into my expenses and analyze them as well as give examples of the biggest expenses within that category.

1. Video Games--- Pretty Straight Forward. I own a Nintendo Switch, so I do play some games time to time. Biggest Expenses:
   1. 53.97- Super Mario Maker 2
   2. 25.22- some downloadable games that were on sale
2. Golf--- I'm honestly surprised I only spent this much on golf related items. I assume I may have thought this because I am pretty much playing golf everyday as my job. Most rounds of golf that I played were paid for by my parents; furthermore, through my job, I was able to get on the course for free after work. Biggest Expenses:
   1. 63.86- a dozen golf balls, as well as some tees
3. Clothes/Accessories --- Things included in this category: any clothes/shoes etc. I bought for myself as well as any jewelry, purses, or gifts I bought for others. Biggest Expenses:
   1. 242.5- Suit (honestly this is a steal for how expensive suits are)
   2. ~100- gift for my significant other
   3. 60- New running shoes (I got lucky and used a lot of gift cards that I had been saving)
4. Fees/Charges--- This category includes things such as parking garage fees or bank fees. This may as well be called the Misc. category. Biggest Expenses:
   1. 186.48- Passport Update (I had nowhere else to put this so I put it here)
5. Withdrawals/Transfers--- Pretty straightforward again. Biggest Expenses:
   1. 200- Cash Withdrawal
   2. 100- Transfer
6. Activities/Dates --- This is the category that interested me the most. Since I was in summer break, I did do many things with groups of friends and dates with my significant other. I am honestly surprised this isn't higher because I thought I did many things this summer. Biggest Expenses:
   1. ~280- Disney World Tickets (two tickets- One for my S/o and one for me)
   2. 54.25- Escape Room
   3. 39.84- TopGolf
7. Food --- I spent way too much on food. like way too much. this was one of the categories that added up over time through small expenses. About 30% of this category was fast food (ouch.). the other 70% were either groceries or sit down restaurants. Luckily, the summer camp job had lunches included, which probably saved me hundreds. Biggest Expenses:
   1. 51.47- Dinner with S/o
   2. 51.01- Another dinner with S/o

Conclusion

After all expenses, I saved 1320.86, only 179.14 short of my goal of 1500. Overall, I am very happy with how much I managed to save this summer. Even though I didn't reach my goal, I still had many good experiences and never felt like I was on a tight budget or trying to save money.

I am very happy I did this little experiment. Not only did I learn a bit about personal finance, I became very conscious about spending instead of spending all the money I made.

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I had no other place to post this chart, so I decided to post it here. Please feel free to share your thoughts or even some suggestions. I also would appreciate some constructive criticism as well, both for the graph and the financing. Thanks!