<prompt> Human: I am a big fan of knowing where ones money goes, and keep a fairly close eye on mine regular readers of rpersonalfinance may not be surprised at this. To illustrate this to myself, I normalized my typical annual spending into a standard work week of 40 hours to see what proportion of my time I spend earning enough money to meet my various commitments and savingspending decisions. Here is the resultObservations: I dont really start working for me until after lunch on Tuesday : I am reasonably happy with how much I save vs. how much I spend. I wish I had done this sooner so I could see how the week changed throughout my career. Its nice to know that I have some space to move money around as new commitments or situations necessitate.I am pretty sure nobody will care, but doing this was a very fun way to spend an hour!Edit: If anyones interested in doing this themselves, make a list of your normal budget categories and what proportion of your income they represent. Calculate this as a percent, then multiply by 40. I rounded to the nearest half hour to keep things simple. Then just pick some colors and fill in a grid in Excel, Numbers, or your favorite spreadsheet program.  <response>: Good idea. Heres mine:For simplicitys sake, I combined all federal, state FICA into one line. I did see the discussion about breaking out SS for example, but I was going for fewer categories. Same thing on InvestingSaving - this includes 401k, extra money on our mortgage, cash savings, etc. Just tried to keep it simple. 