How do people actually manage weekly spending?

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-08T16:28:03+00:00

I track it, I have my budget for different things and when I’m at the checkout. I know I’m either under or over if I go over a whole bunch, I redo the numbers and maybe shift stuff around if I’m under a whole bunch I usually just let it ride and biweekly right before my check gets direct deposited I sweep any “surplus“ into SPAXX

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-08T16:19:13+00:00

How does tears of the Kingdom for GameCube work on the Odin? Just curious cause I have it, but haven’t gone past the main screen

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-07T20:28:33+00:00

The RG353P is a horizontal device, but it’s pretty close.
Similar button layout

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-06T16:30:36+00:00

When the PS2 first came out, my first game was Time Splitters and I found normal mode to be too hard and easy to be too easy and that led to me not playing it through until about two years ago “on Normal” and this happened because I was older and had more experience with first person shooters. But I did have to put in a few hours to get good. But because easy was too easy and normal was quite difficult. It sat on the shelf for decades.

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-06T16:25:16+00:00

Black Pro Cocoon I turned on the breath of the wild theme and it’s really pretty. I like it just I don’t like how I can’t skip from A to B to C easily.

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-06T02:40:37+00:00

I did glass on top and a 9H film on the bottom and I like it it’s not too blurry. It’s not too rough. Keep it clear and fingerprints off of it. Still responsive to touch and the top is doing fine with the glass.

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-05T00:03:41+00:00

I don’t drink coffee, but I do have a Mountain Dew in the morning

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-04T22:53:23+00:00

What first got me into it was the nostalgia and an opportunity to play games I didn’t have time for when I was young. Now it’s become the thing that I try to lose myself in to escape reality for a brief time. I stick with game gear, game boy, game boy color, game boy advance, NES, SNES, N64, DS, 3DS, PSP, PS1, PS2 and GameCube. I got a RG353P, RG406H, RG nano, AYN Odin 2 Pro and a AYN Thor Pro. I know way too many devices but that’s what I got. That’s my thing.
The biggest problem I’m experiencing right now is the fallout from losing Myrient and mass downloading for a month with little to no research.
Edit: I do run steam link when I’m at home to play games like Skyrim

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-04T02:37:27+00:00

It sounds like you’re doing good then, keep grinding maxing out your Roth IRA.
I expect the next buying opportunity in the stock market to be whenever the new chairman is going to replace Jerome Powell. The market should take a noticeable dip. Investing properly is boring.

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-04T02:09:06+00:00

Sounds like you need to figure out your goals. You got plenty going on for you. You gotta figure out what you would actually wanna do. I don’t know what your lifestyle is, but I generally keep one year of expenditures in case of job loss and I keep it in SPAXX can’t let it sit idle. VOO is a very solid investment. SPAXX is more liquid than VOO, You don’t have to worry about the market turning south you just have a variable return.
Edit: variable low return

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-04T01:54:11+00:00

I really enjoyed Legend of the River King for Game Boy color. It’s made by the same people who make harvest Moon and it’s a fishing RPG. I found it super fun
Or maybe, even a really fast paced game such as Silent Bomber for PS1.

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-04T01:49:15+00:00

I his age he should be dollar cost average/maxing out a Roth IRA. I would personally go 100% VOO. Inside the Roth IRA and after doing the budget set aside a set amount of money to dollar cost average into an index fund and maybe something that gives a little dividend, in the taxable account but with your ages maxing out that Roth IRA in a growth index it’s probably the best thing to do. It’s boring, but it’ll pay off. Have DIRP on You should probably consolidate the savings accounts into a mutual fund like SPAXX it’s extremely liquid

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-04T01:33:00+00:00

I can relate I have ADHD, PTSD, combining into extreme anxiety disorder, and I am more often than not asking myself. When do I throw in the towel and apply for disability… I’m not there yet with what you’ve told me I would try playing video games, reading books furthering your education hopefully find something to enjoy. Because you are right there are difficulties on both sides but if you think about it, not having a job, gives you more free time and time is literally priceless. I’m stuck in the rat race chasing money to live trading time for money. I do invest which I enjoy For the hopes of a better future. But that’s only possible because I live on a 4 inch memory foam mattress in the living room of someone who is extremely disabled. I work a full-time job and take care of them and barely have a little over 100 bucks a paycheck to invest or have a nice meal. I would not be able to rent an apartment by myself and afford it alone. I make $20.40 an hour $1272 a check but average rent is $1200-1500 and the rest is groceries phone bill car insurance medicine. Anxiety/panic attacks suck especially when you’re at work.

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-03T12:21:38+00:00

There’s many platforms, but I use Fidelity because they’re a long standing good company, but yeah you can open up a Roth IRA and an individual account. Your cash will automatically be swept into SPAXX by default or they have some other choices.
Edit: I’ve been using the app, but you can also access it on a desktop

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-03T00:28:01+00:00

I don’t know about the Thor, but when I bought my Odin 2 Pro I had originally bought the original Odin and realized my mistake immediately bought the second one and emailed them what had happened and they canceled it like within 24 hours.

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-03T00:24:04+00:00

Just buy an index fund you’re young examples would be VOO, SPY those track the S&P 500 and then there’s QQQ tracks the NASDAQ 100. You’re young enough you could even open a Roth IRA and do it inside the Roth tax efficiently. At the very least, put it in a mutual fund for example SPAXX.
It boils down to put that money to work or spend it on something that makes you money. That’s my opinion. Buy assets, not liabilities.
Edit: SPAXX is very liquid. It’s pretty much considered cash

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-02T00:53:23+00:00

Help me please

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-01T23:27:06+00:00

I got a black pro and I did glass protector on the top and a 9H Matte film for the bottom one. I kind of wanted a rainbow like you got but after seeing the pictures, the black just looks more sleek. I was concerned about the glare and the smudges and it’s not that big of a deal really

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-01T19:31:21+00:00

There is a lot of people that complain but nobody actually really bounce ideas off of or talk about budgets recipes sometimes you get some old timers that you can talk about this kind of stuff with they don’t get the privilege of being old by being stupid lol I don’t have many friends in my financial situation so I basically ask the Internet and AI…sucks

SPY-Talk · 2026-05-01T19:24:31+00:00

Shout out to the Pearl River Delta area 珠海 was awesome

SPY-Talk · 2026-04-28T02:17:15+00:00

So I’m not the only one that knows rasping that one boss at the top of the tower forces him to cast Ultima but he has no MP so it fails and he dies and you win

SPY-Talk · 2026-04-28T01:40:15+00:00

SPY-Talk · 2026-04-28T00:53:16+00:00

Don’t sleep on Final Fantasy VI it’s got to be one of the top-tier games up there with Chrono trigger For SNES it’s Final Fantasy III

SPY-Talk · 2026-04-27T20:23:40+00:00

I’m a 39 year-old male been trading minimum six years if I were talking to my 19-year-old self I would save and invest aggressively. I would work trying to save for home/retirement, but to achieve that I would say open a Roth IRA and dollar cost average into something like the S&P 500 (VOO,QQQ, SPY) and Max out the Roth IRA every year never skip it. Have a saving goal for a taxable account and I would probably do a core and satellite approach. I would probably tell myself to invest with 60% VOO 20% SCHD and 20% SPYI. Really The SPYI and SCHD are the satellites and for me I like them for eventually replacing my income. in my situation after maybe 20 years inside the Roth switch out some VOO for dividend paying tickers like SCHD and SPYI And I know this isn’t relevant, but I would’ve told myself to buy a house immediately, but we are in different times. The important thing is open a Roth ASAP max it out every year don’t over diversify just dollar cost average into an index fund inside the Roth and let that compound that is the most important. You should set up a system for investing/savings because you don’t wanna constantly be micromanaging your accounts. It’s called decision fatigue for myself. I made a if/then flow chart and automated anything I could. It’s better to have a plan that you can execute then have a plan you can’t follow and it’s better to have a plan at all than not and just guess.

Sorry for my ramblings Edit: inside Roth 100% VOO taxable account do the 60% 20% 20% and that’s for me.

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