ChapterZero

I’m very disorganized in all aspects of my life, and this can be seen by looking at my financial situation. I have three bank accounts, or things resembling them: a savings account at Chase, a checking account at WAMU, and a “CougarOne Card” account with my school. The latter is the one I use most often, because I can use my OneCard as a MasterCard, even though it is really a debit card. But, I opted out on the direct deposit option when I get paid by the university, because I’d like to be able to spread my money out over all three accounts, and I still haven’t figured out a way to withdraw cash from my OneCard account.

For various reasons, I have about $200 in my Chase account, $20 in my OneCard, and $15 in WAMU. Actually, I might have $-18 on my OneCard– I made a purchase at thinkgeek, and it’s showing up in a very confusing way. Point is, I’m broke. And I keep spending money. Thankfully, today I should get paid… assuming they don’t do like last time and pay me a month late! Then I’ll work out exactly how I’m going to spread that money around.

If you’re wondering, I’m mentioning all this because I just donated to movabletype so I could get an update key, and the process got me thinking.

Possibly relevant posts:

• (Not) Getting Paid (11/7/2003)
• What a guy really wants (1/9/2002)
• Quick break (3/14/2003)