Pay Days

I love the way our paydays are falling right now, and it will be this way until the middle of April.

As a public school teacher, I get paid on the last working day of the month. The Husband gets paid every other Friday and right now it’s working out that we are getting a paycheck a week for three weeks. He gets paid, I get paid, he gets paid. Then we have to wait two weeks for the cycle to start again, but it’s a nice way to spread out the money. I love that if feels like no matter how much money I spend, or how much money I pay out in bills, it’s only a week until our next paycheck.

At The Husband’s old job, he was paid every week. When he switched (albeit a long time ago) his paydays switched to every other week. It was a difficult adjustment. Even though it’s been over 7 years since he started his “new” job, I still miss the frequency of his weekly paychecks.

When our paydays fall like this, nearly every week, I feel like we are making more progress towards our debt. In reality, the money is the same, but paying a small payment towards our credit card every week gives me a psychological boost.

It will be a nice cycle to follow for 4 months.