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A new episode every Sunday, recorded in my garage: pay stubs, bills, paperwork and plans.

November 2026

1 video

  1. Where one paycheck goes, line by line

    One paycheck drawn from the top line to what is left, with every step in between named.

    Leticia at a busy kitchen table with a household binder.

October 2026

7 videos

  1. Reading a pay stub from top to bottom

    Every line on a pay stub, in order, and what each one is telling you.

    Hands with earbud and phone on a sunlit city bus.

  2. The month’s bills on one page

    How to write every bill on a single page, so the month fits in your head.

    Hands sorting papers into a coloured accordion folder on porch steps.

  3. Monthly, yearly and once-in-a-while bills

    Sorting bills by how often they arrive, so the big ones never feel like a surprise.

    Public library study table with printed spreadsheet and notebook.

  4. Mailbox day: sorting the pile in five minutes

    A quick way to sort the mail standing at the mailboxes, before it reaches the table.

    Leticia at a bank of apartment mailboxes holding envelopes.

  5. A calm month-end hour

    One hour at the end of the month to go through the pay, the bills and the papers.

    Public library study table with printed spreadsheet and notebook.

  6. What goes in the accordion folder

    One folder, a few labels and the kinds of papers that go in each pocket.

    Hands sorting papers into a coloured accordion folder on porch steps.

  7. Setting up a household binder

    A binder for the papers a household uses all year, and the order I put them in.

    Family money workbook open on a sofa with highlighters and a crayon.
Hands sorting papers into a coloured accordion folder on porch steps.

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