I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently and wanted to see how others handle it.
When you’re earning in AED but still thinking in your home currency (GBP for me), I find it weirdly hard to get a clear picture of money.
Like:
• I know what I earn here
• I know roughly what I spend
• But I never feel 100% sure how much I can send back to the UK without messing myself up
Exchange rates make it worse because what looks like a lot in AED doesn’t always feel like much in GBP.
I ended up building a simple spreadsheet for myself where I:
• Track all income and all expenses in AED
• See everything converted into GBP
• Work out how much I can safely send home + what I have left
It’s been surprisingly helpful, but I’m curious…
How are you all handling this?
Do you just estimate, or do you have a proper system?
And would something like this actually be useful, or am I overthinking it?