<prompt> Human: Im paid hourly, and the hours I get depend very much on the season. How do I work out a budget? Ive thought of doing it percentage wise the usual 403030 but Im not sure how. Percentages after Ive paid my necessities?The one thing I do know is my necessities will be 265 a month for a while.Any advice welcome.  <response>: Ive never been in this situation, but would it make sense to budget a month behind? What I mean is you would use the previous months earnings which you know for sure for the current month. So if you had net earning of X amount in July, you would use X for budgeting in August. And if you had Y amount in August, you would use Y for budgeting in September. To get started on this, you could start with the minimum earnings for July to be conservative and then you would be able to take the guessing out because you would be using the previous months earnings.Anyone feel free to point out the drawbacks of doing it this way. 