Steady Paycheck (Variable Income)
steady_paycheckTurn an up-and-down income into a safe monthly salary and a right-sized buffer. For freelancers, tipped workers, sellers, and seasonal earners: paste your last months of income and get the salary you can safely pay yourself, how big a buffer your actual swings require, and which months were spikes to bank rather than spend. The pay-yourself-a-salary method every advisor teaches by hand, as a calculator.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| buffer | No | Cash buffer today What’s in the account that smooths the gaps. Leave 0 if none yet. | |
| incomes | No | Monthly income, most recent months Comma-separated, 3–24 months, any order. More months = a truer picture. | |
| essentials | No | Essential monthly costs Rent, food, utilities, insurance, minimum debt payments — the must-pays. |