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1purenoiz t1_j4n1xa8 wrote

Perfect example of when not to use pie charts. To many categories, hard to compare quickly. As they taught in my data visualization class, don't make people remember.

Not ugly, but not beautiful (only speaking about the viz, not the data).

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Latensify_WoW t1_j4ou6u9 wrote

Also, aren't uncategorized and miscellaneous redundant?

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4qjorw wrote

They were charges on Amazon that I no longer have access to that Amazon account, so I can’t check, might be gifts for people or miscellaneous, not sure

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DuckDuckGoose42 t1_j4oid30 wrote

Which category goes with which pie slice? Too hard to see gray linkage on black background.

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Fire_Stone_Skag t1_j4mpr6g wrote

If I did this in college is would be 50% alcohol and 50% Walmart…

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phdoofus t1_j4msa4b wrote

I had money for none of this except the occasional pizza.

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4msgez wrote

I worked during the semester, and over the summer, so I had some money, definitely still had to watch the spending though

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phdoofus t1_j4mwxi5 wrote

Imagine doubling that time by another four years by going to grad school. ;-)

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ElectionOver4Hours t1_j4n326a wrote

If I included rent and bills as one colour my piechart would nearly become monochrome

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ChalkboardRacer t1_j4nez02 wrote

It would be nice to have. The total dollars spent in the middle of the graph

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4mp9c7 wrote

This is data I collected from my credit card statements, and created the chart on Google sheets Edit: To clarify “nerd collecting” is retro video games and trading cards

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static_void_function t1_j4ngfu3 wrote

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

-George Best (English Footballer)

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foxisilver t1_j4nis3c wrote

Outside of gas and maybe school it’s all entertainment. Beneficial budget/spending tracking typically broken down something like: housing, transportation, savings, life (food, clothing, entertainment, etc).

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RelativeDoughnut6967 t1_j4o9sid wrote

What is the actual dollar amount you spent,?

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4qjhn6 wrote

I opted to keep that off for privacy, but it’s probably about what you’d expect from a college kid

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RelativeDoughnut6967 t1_j4r6h9z wrote

That's fair. As a student about to enter college, I'm still heavily debating living at home vs. on campus and wondering how much I'll have left over myself, lol

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4rjt0p wrote

To be fair, my vacation was fairly expensive for myself +1 and I bought a gaming computer under the gaming section, so hopefully helps you estimate

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wantAdvice13 t1_j4olc2f wrote

Hold on, no food like regular meals? Or it’s included in room and board?

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4qjf8v wrote

Yeah the meal plan is part of room and board, I suffered through the dining halls to ensure that fast food stayed low 😂

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F_n_Doc t1_j4pft9c wrote

Those alcohol numbers are rookie numbers, I’m going to need you to bump those up.

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ThrowRA_5318008 t1_j4rf6mp wrote

Sorting the categories in descending order by dollars spent would go a long way toward straightening up this chart and making your spending habits easier/faster to understand.

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AnthropomorphicBees t1_j50b9yz wrote

What if they separated and straightened the chunks out and then arrayed them on some sort of two dimensional plane? I feel like that would have made this more informative.

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No_Influence_824 t1_j4rza48 wrote

How do you go about collecting nerds?

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4s8204 wrote

Lol that is collecting retro video games and trading cards, just lumped together

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zreddit2682 t1_j4s85u3 wrote

Props on a tiny booze sliver.

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Neat_Ad_3158 t1_j4ow9l2 wrote

What is vacation? Lol my idea of a vacation was driving home to during the holidays.

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Gifted_Gengar OP t1_j4qjb9w wrote

Not really, just worked all summer and throughout the semester, and wanted to check all my charges, so I made this

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