These are my Monthly Expenses – August 2025!
Why track your monthly expenses?
Because budgeting, planning, and learning how to manage your finances is an essential component to achieving financial freedom.
The key to building wealth is to spend less than you earn and wisely invest the difference.
Over the past 8 years, I have managed to save over 50% of my income each month.
More money saved means more money to invest. Using the model of dividend growth investing, I am on course to achieving financial freedom.
The results have been amazing!
Over the years, I have built a six-figure portfolio that generates dividend income each month.
I am currently making over $1,300 in passive income each month while I sleep.
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August 2025 Monthly Expenses
So here is August 2025’s expenses:
- Rent: $614.34
- Utilities
- Electric: $170.81
- Gas: $25.25
- Internet: $95.00
- Cell Phone: $35.00
- Food & Supplies: $492.14
- Miscellaneous
- Amazon: $177.07
- Metro: $40.60
- Laundry Card: $20.00
All in all, my expenses for August 2025 totaled: $1,670.21
Ouch! That is my highest electric bill to date! It appears many people have experienced huge hikes in their electric bills this summer.
It’s awful. Yet, at the same time, as a shareholder of my utility provider I know will get back part of that as a dividend…
But I still dislike the rate hikes.
In other news, my Amazon purchase included new floor lamps. After 8-plus years, my LED lamps that I bought when I first moved finally started dying.
So, I got new floor lamps for my apartment and really like them!
I also bought an additional black-out blind for one of my windows.
Other then that, all was as expected.
Dividends Vs. Monthly Expenses
I also like to compare my monthly expenses with my dividend income.
Once passive income is greater than living expenses, then financial independence is achieved!
Now let us compare my monthly expenses to my dividend income.
I will compare my expenses to my August 2025 dividends and my average yearly dividend income going forward.
As of this post, my portfolio is set to generate $16,638.05 in dividend income over the next 12 months.
- August 2025 dividend income: $905.07 = 54.2% of my expenses covered.
- Average monthly dividend income: $1,386.50 per month = 83% of my expenses covered.
Conclusion
Thus, this concludes my monthly expenses for August 2025!
Soon, dividend income will be covering all my monthly expenses!
I will continue work towards my goals and build my dividend dynasty!
So, how about the rest of you? Do you track your monthly expenses? Also, how close are you to covering expenses via passive income?
Let me know in the comments below!
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