live within my means

I know how much I have to spend per month. If I never let myself go over this amount, even if I could by going further into my overdraft, I’ll try not to.

I’ll be carrying a diary/calendar/organiser notebook with me mostly all the time, so I should get into the habit of writing down EVERYTHING I spend. Every coffee, train ticket, stamp, sandwich… clothes splurge and ebay purchase…

N.B. Unfortunately when I say ‘within my means’ this also means, as a UK student, that I need to live within the means of my student loan and parental contributions and the measly amount [in comparison] of saved money from jobs, rather than truyu within my means.