<prompt> Human: Ok, so I currently reside in Chicago with my parents. I work full time and make about 976 every two weeks after taxes. I pay 400 dollars every month in rent to my parents, which they say goes to my share of electric, food, water, etc. My phone bill is 142 dollars a month. I am paying about 250 a month in gas to get to and from work and a little fun here and there on the weekends. I also have some outstanding debt and I pay that off at around 400 every month as well. I never really go anywhere or do anything. I spend 15 a month to blizzard for games. And I have Netflix streaming and Hulu Plus as I dont watch cable. When I do go out to have fun, I never spend more than 30 dollars and that is maybe once a month at the most.Somehow I always end up with about 30 dollars in my checking account the day before payday. The reason I am asking for help is that 30 dollars simply is not enough. My car broke down for the 3rd time this year last night and it is going to cost about 1600 to get it fixes. That is on top of the 6,000 I have spent fixing this car this year. I only payed 10,000 for the damn thing and I am thinking of getting a new car and dealing with a car payment. How can I adjust this crap so I end up with a few dollars in my savings every month and can afford everything I listed above without being completely broke!?  <response>: Use mint.com, it will automatically track your expenses so you can see where you are overspending. Ting.com has cell phone plans for cheap, they use the Sprint network so coverage is good. My wife and I paid 18 this month for two smart phones. Use wifi so u dont use data, text more than u talk to save on minutes. 