<prompt> Human: Im wondering how everyone here that has a job like serving or something commission-based or tip-based saves their money and creates a budget when your income is inconsistent?Basically I work as a waitress in a hotel, and our busy season is about to start, which, from what Ive heard, means a bill per shift is cake. Ive been making no more than 50 a shift lately, though. Im wondering how everyone divvies up their income if sometimes you go home with 30 and sometimes you go home with 200.  <response>: How have you been living on 50shift? I dont meant that incredulously, or as an indictment, but rather to make the point that, essentially, you would just continue to live like that or close to that year-round. In other words, dont adjust your lifestyle when you start making extra money, but rather just squirrel away more of the money when youre making extra money. Then, after a long enough time, you have a considerable cushion of stocked up money. 