Money Diaries: A senior software engineer on €60K living in the midlands

WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on The Journal that looks at how people in Ireland really handle their finances.

Last time around, we heard from a procurement manager living in Leinster and earning €105K. This week, a senior software engineer on €60K living in the midlands. We are due to get married later in the year so all focus of savings is to pay for our wedding and also our honeymoon at the end of the year .

9.10 am: Turn on the laptop and get ready for the day. Have a morning stand-up call with my team to go through the work they are going to be looking at for the day and any issues they have. As a scrum master I don’t actually do the coding work anymore. I am the in-between person between the team and management and if there are any issues with team members, I would try to sort it if possible, or if not, I bring it to management.

2.00 pm: Back up to the office for another while. As I don’t have meetings for the evening, I look at some training courses I have been meaning to do. A few people from other teams are in touch with me about gaining access to certain items so need to help them out with that. Also get a bit distracted then looking at mass booklet designs for the wedding.

6.45 pm: I leave the house for my golf lesson while my fiancée goes to the gym. I normally have a 12-hole golf competition on the Monday evening but this lesson was a follow-up from a few sessions I had done earlier in the year . 9.15 am: Turn on the laptop and have a quick check of my mails and messages. Looks like it’s going to be another rather meeting-free day which I won’t complain about. I then head down for my usual scrambled eggs and toast.

6.00 pm: Call down to the brother’s house as we want my niece to try on her flower girl outfit to make sure it fits. Perfect fit for her and she is delighted with herself and calls herself a princess. That’s another item ticked off the wedding list. After a quick cup of coffee, it’s time to go again as I need to get ready for football training.

12.00 pm: We head to town to return some clothes. While she is returning clothes I head to the golf shop to use a voucher I have. I end up getting a card for the driving range, some golf tees and a ball marker . Then we head to discount store to look for some more pens for the wedding invitations, the ones I got yesterday were no good. Picked up a few more bits there, dishwasher tablets and some grass seed for the lawn .

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

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