Buy a fursuit the SMART way: BUDGETING! [The Bottle ep41] 

You can also get apps and programs to help budget, Inkblitzer on twitter has a few great suggestions! mobile.twitter.com/Inkblitzer/status/962466770845143041

Mommy? can we set up a budget so i have enough mony for someting i really, really want? Wow, how did you learn that word dear? a big blu kangaroo told me

Well I’m 14 years old and had my first adulting lesson by a blue kangarooWhat a conversation starter

*Life Lessons with Pocari...* Yo can that actually be a thing? Please?

It's videos like this that make me question what my life's come to. I'm watching a video about budgeting advice from a giant, blue, talking kangaroo.

Is it bad that I’ve learnt more from this video than in my actual accounting class? ... Well then again, my class can be pretty specific, and this was a tad more broad, soo.. eh.

can the next video be "how to be patient while budgeting" xD

i can't believe a furry youtuber just taught me more about finances in 11 minutes than my entire school career

Pocari Roo? More like Mama Roo :P . Doing better teaching than most teachers/ parents I see.

EXCELLENT video! at 32, I'm probably one of your few older viewers, so the lessons in this video are quite familiar with me. I was thankfully taught how to budget and manage money early on my my parents (mainly my mom), but there are so many kids/teens today that don't really get these important life lessons. I'm happy to say that I have a career now that allows to save for cons, retirement, a house, and a fursuit all at the same time, but it has taken 6 years for me to get to this point in my life. I hope your younger viewers understand that, while "adulting" can be fun (I can buy what I want when I want, as long as it's in my budget), it also comes with responsibilities (half my earnings go to bills and other expenses are taken out before I even get my final check), Unless you make a crap-ton of money right off, this process will be slow and too few people (adults and kids alike) don't seem to understand that. I really hope that your viewers take away a lot of life lessons from your video because they do indeed apply to all aspects of life when you become independent. My only slight disagreement is with the payment plans. They are more convenient, but there are quite a few makers who have had to deal with commissioners who were working paycheck to paycheck and fall behind on payments. I understand that emergencies do happen (though having an "emergency fund" in place tends to alleviate some of that pressure), but it would be far less stressful to just have all the money at once. You don't have to pay it all at once (though I plan to do 50-50 when I commission my suit), but just having it all ready to go is, for me, far less stressful, rather than doing a possible payment plan and possibly falling behind on payments.

Another piece of advice! This is something my mother and I do and it works so well! Got all those $1 bills in your wallet? Like a whole train load of $1 bills taking up space in your wallet?? What you can do is find a box that is small enough to hold money and store all those extra $1 bills in there. For every $50 or $100 you collect just from those $1 bills alone, tie them in a rubber band to keep it organized and have a better idea on how much money you have in that box. Currently, my mom's box has about $400 that she uses if she ABSOLUTELY has to for bills and such! I recommend trying this out if you can.

for a second i thought that this was about budgies

I started saving for a fursuit when I was 10 years old I have over 4,000 dollars My suit is gonna be awesome :3

they gonna call me crazy when I tell them I was taught to save money at the age of 12 by a blue kangaroo... Them: "Uhh... What kind of shit were you on, dude? As far as I've heard, kangaroos only live in Australia, and this is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan..." Me: "Oh, I was watching RU-vid." Them: 🤔

I didn’t budget for a building project I was doing and ended up having to make my own gravel. So now I have blisters on my hands from breaking rocks with a pickax for 4 hours straight. I will budget next time!

Hehehe lucky me I have a financial management elective in my high school >:)))

*my teacher proud of me taking notes and paying elusive attention* *me really just watching a blue kangaroo talk about how to buy an animal costume:👩‍💻🙇‍♀️🤔📘📝

Legit, you know the American school system is mediocre when I've learned more from this video than a required personal finance class.

Hey Pocari ! Thanks for making this video, it helps me understand budget better and it was really fun watching it. I like the fact that your videos are kid friendly ( yes, I’m a young fur ) . You are awesome, keep on making these great videos !

I may have swapped majors in my previous semester of college because of the complexity of business/accounting, but I do remember that assets, budgeting, and liabilities are very important to managing money throughout life as well as micro-managements in the short-run. Couldn't have said it better myself Pocari.

we need more videos like this, I can't thank you enough for the community/fandom.

Hi pocari! I honestly love your channel so much. It makes me so happy that I get to express my self with the furry fandom. I live for your personality in all honestly you're so amazing! You make me smile when I watch your RU-vid videos. I just love fursuits and the fandom. It's so amazing! Being a young furry is hard. I want a fursuit soooo bad. I'm making a partial suit in March though so I'm pretty pumped. I wanted to watch this video to see any tips you had for me in the future. Thank you for all the bottle episodes you make. I plan on supporting you on Patreon when I turn 12. Keep being amazing, pocari! ♡ P. S I also have a question for you. What is the best con to go to for younger furs, and what date would it be? Thank you for reading aaah -Kuijo

Budgeting is such an important part of becoming an independent adult! I'm 19 so I still rely on my parents a lot, but I actually love making budgeting plans for planned trips/vacations. I have so many friends that live alone but are very irresponsible when it comes to budgeting and it gives me chills haha

The calculations are very useful. Ive been considering on getting a fursuit head and been budgeting heavily lately.

Being unemployed it took me about half a year to save up for some luxurious handpaws haha, I FINALLY did it! So excited, makes it feel so worth it :P

I've been piecing my fursuit together over three years. Those months with five pay weeks are best for putting aside money towards a piece or outright buying a piece.

“Haha, I can’t believe I would only be able to learn anything from wacky cartoon animals as a kid” *Watches blue kangaroo to learn how to budget*

Thank you so much for this video Pocari, this was extremely helpful as I am wanting to save up for my first official fursuit and not just the moveable jaw mask from Target. I also work a part time job and I am a professional theater actor, which already makes it difficult to have a budget for a suit. But if you can do it, so can I, right? Here's hoping. And wow, did the quality of your videos change? It looks so real, like I can see every minute detail of your fur. Very nice.

I just spent 3 hours deciding which soda to choose for my sodaroo not to mention making sure I’m the only one! So excited to finish his design

This music is real groovy, I could just get and dance while listening to your tips :3

I love how ironic that sounds "Congratulations! You can now responsibly afford a giant fluffy animal costume"

Wow, this is actually pretty educational! I think even nonfurries can appreciate this!

I think I just finished my maths homework we are learning about this in maths and I actually find it quite interesting :3

Thank for telling us this. It's really something we should be learning this in school.

This video could not come at a better time! I am just considering on getting a fursuit head for my dutchie fursona, Soulflare. I have contacted someone who is willing to do it, but I need to budget for this (since I am a college student)

wow this is actually INCREDIBLY informative! thank you :D

Pocari is like the mother/big sister/cool teacher we all need

I’m going to my first Furcon in a few weeks, Pocari! You were my inspiration into this fandom and in fact, I am a Fellow Aussie fur! I hope to meet you at neonfur or furdu one day! I am quite young though I have a Fursuit head that is being made currently, the maker plans to finish it next Weekend, I hope it arrives before the con. Love you, Pocari!! ❤️

Wow a video that comes out while I'm awake anyway great video keep on doing what your doing you make my days better :D

Pocari videos bring me life :) Also, I sat through the patreon intro!

When a talking blue kangaroo teaches you more than 12 years of school does (great video btw :D)

Pocari: *explains budgets* Me: _I’m mature now_

This is the first ever RU-vid video I’ve ever been early to. Legit: **notification mentioning Pocari** Me: **instantly clicks on it, leaving my first ever digital drawing hanging half complete**

Most important argument to what I hear most often teaching budgeting to teens at a local outreach: but this would take so long to save up for! Seven months!? That time is gonna pass anyway. Let it pass responsibly and the time after it will be more fun, because you don't have to worry about repos and pawn shops.

Omg. Thank you so much for this video Pocari. I really needed help with this.

This is extremely helpful! I’ve been wanting to save up for a vive but I always get sidetracked and buy something else...Anyway amazing and helpful video! I’ll deifinity be applying this to many thing I want to buy!

Pocari teaches us more about life then school ever did XD

Well, I never thought that I would learn something about planning my budget from a blue kangaroo... that's actually great :D So now I know what I should do after I find another job =w=

Yes finally early, just want to say I love you so much pocari!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I know that last joke was a about how schools don't teach you this stuff, but for a nanosecond I was scared because I wasn't looking at the screen. I was focusing on the fabric that I'm using to make a chibi pony plushie😅 and hearing the words "this will be due monday" scared me. Lol

Pocari is a wizard- I was literally just looking around and budgeting.

I am currently unemployed due to being a full time college student, but in just over a year and a half I’ll graduate. I’m thinking of saving for a partial suit. I looked and they seem to go for around 1k to 2k USD. I’m going to stop buying video games and takeout to hopefully have enough left over to buy one. This video is super helpful, thank you for making it.

Your videos are incredibly helpful. Thank you so much! 💙

That seems to be a very useful video! Thank you Pocari!!!!!!!

very good advice Pocari! im not like normal people i always have money over at the end of each month and i have the car of my dreams so i jumped on it and comissioned for a full partial, now starts the saving to get to cons in the US so i can meet some other furries not many here in sweden hope too meet you some time

Whoa, I'm super early! Well, I'm just gonna say, I love you Pocarai and thanks for making awesome videos like this one! ^^

this is the quintessential example of tangential learning well done.

I won 1st place at a fursuit Head Raffle by Rinaku on Furry Amino back in December and I’m really excited to see how it turns out and I may make an unboxing video on the Head.

Thank you for this, I hope it helps a lot of people out there

As someone who works in finance I appreciate what your trying to do. So many people unfortunately get themselves in a bind because they don't learn basic financing.

HALF MY GRADE?! das some buuuul shiz >XC

HECC! I've learned more about budgeting from a cute blue soda roo on RU-vid, than I have in my entire school life! Like seriously, I was never really taught this sort of stuff, and I went to a pretty decent public school! Now I'm in college and they STILL don't teach budgeting, not even the simple basics. I really don't get it... I'd rather learn something I'll use for my entire life than trigonometry or something like that. I live in the US, so I dunno if it's different anywhere else. But all complaints aside, THANK YOU SO MUCH, POCARI! This helps a TON!

why is it that I've learned more about life skills from a fluffy blue kangaroo than I have in pretty much every class I've ever taken??

Hope you have a wonderful time with the ones you love. Happy early Valentine's day.

Never thought i'd learn more from a fluffy animal then i do from school. Seriously, the furry video i watcher more educating about the real world than my school is.

Personally Pocari you explained budgeting so much better to me than my teacher when I went through a class that actually teaches it. Of course I’m 18 now so idk maybe it is because I’m actually trying to comprehend it now. However my teacher went over more thing then just budgeting but you explained it so easy for me to comprehend so thank you ^~^.

*seeks advice* teach me, blue kangaroo! XD

Kitty cat! Also hi Pocari I love your vids, keep it up

I actually really enjoy budgeting, thank you for this!!!😌😃❤

Ok, but can you also make a video of budgeting for when you're the one making the fursuit, even if it's your first time(cuz I need to figure out a budget for starting my first fursuit)

Thank you so much pocari this is extreamly helpful!!!!

Awesome video Pocari keep up the great work!

This was a really helpful video, thankyou Pocari 💙

i love budjeting, especially as a poor student its really important to make certain amount of money last for certain time period. so far ive done a great job and get to go to cons and stuff while studying :D

Im making my own fursuit, it’s not looking too bad but I still have room to improve

Thank you for your advise. Right now my priority is getting a car, and this might be helpful.

Oh wise pocari please lend us your great wisdom from your hand of intellegence... All hail the great pocari 🙏

Boy, I got my budgeting lesson, not from school. Pfffffff. Blue kangaroos are the best teachers

I'm amazed that a big floofy blue kangaroo managed to teach me budgeting better than my school and parents put together.

Going to be 17 soon! Can't wait to buy a suit/items when I'm older!!

3:49 that tiny white strand on the top of her ear is killing me!!!!!

POOOOCARRRI!!! I also entered the raffle XD

don't ya mean……BUDGIE-ting? ;)))) nah but seriously great video Pocari!

I’ve gotten to a point where a blue kangaroo is telling me how to budget, and I don’t want to go back

If you're on a budget, get a mascot suit! They're pretty cheap and you can get a fullsuit for about 70$. Also they look cool and you can customize them if you want.

because i'm still in high school and obviously living with my parents, once i get a job, saving up for a fursuit will be easy! i won't have to spend any money on anything like food or bills, so i can just save each paycheck until i have enough. i plan on commissioning either MoreFurLess, AutumnFallings, Lemonbrat or LazyLion for my "furst" fursuit!

Such a great educational vid, ms. Roo. ;3

Oh thank goodness I finally have a solid guide to come back to once I get out of college.. 😅 Thanks so much for this important adulting lesson, Pocari! Hopefully one day I'll be able to get a fursuit. 🐾

Thanks for teaching me finance better than high school did Pocari

I run off of budgeting. I could not function as a human being without budgeting. A huge cost for me is therapy it costs about 300-400 per month. I worked out the prices and found out that owning a horse. A living breathing 1200 pound animal is about the same price as 4 45 minute therapy sessions a month. Also for me horses work 10x better than a therapist because they keep me busy so I don’t have the time to get depressed. Now when people say they don’t have they money for therapy think of it as they don’t have the money for a 1200 pound animal. It makes me mad how much therapy costs. I love the videos keep on being awesome.

My dad was so disappointed when I told him I wanted to be a furry Anyways I’m saving money now I only have 20 bucks

I need to save a couple a hundred a month as we are saving for a mortgage as it is. Most I could save for a suit would be around 60 gbp a month. For a 700 partial it could take me a while but other things take priority.

I had my very first business lesson from a big blu kangaroo :D ...

Very simple video but I reckon this'll help a lot of younger viewers and give them some insight on how certain things work, and hey I got a cute silly roo out of it so I'm not complaining!

Taxes....... the thing sucks for EVERYONE Or how the bank makes it sound so *sarcasm* happy and magical, LIA-FLIPPING-BILITIES

This was a great video and taught me a lot! Although, one small note, I might have been able to understand it better if you had gone over the budgets you had to plan to be able to afford Pocari himself (with a fake price of course close in range to what you actually paid so that we still don’t intrude on things that are your business only)

Time to bring back #dontstayinschool I was never taught to budget well in school, nothing at all about money except how much susan will have left after buying 50 apples for £20. This is rly useful pocari thnx

Oh no... Test Monday... But I watched this on Monday. Professor Pocari, may those who attended your seminar late gain an extension? Xp

The good thing is that im a kid so once i find out all of that BOOM FURSUIT HOORAY!!!! Though it gonna take awhile reeeeeeeee

Hey pocari, I’m working in my school tuck shop to get some money of my own, but unfortunately for me, I don’t get paid much, nor do I work that much (two days a week...) but this year, I’m planning on buying some stuffsies! This includes some shirts, and it also includes going to Auckland Armageddon, in hopes to have a furmeet, so that’ll be fun! My first furmeet, and I’ll actually have money. Armageddon is also a convention down here in New Zealand, basically New Zealand Comic-Con. And I’ll have monies to spend on stuff like art, maybe some games, and food there!! :D Unfortunately, my family won’t be able to know about that, as they don’t like me being a furry... I don’t know why though. But because of this, I’ll have to go two days in a row, as I always go in cosplay with my sister, so that’ll be a fun thing to do... I don’t like the idea of having to have a furmeet in secret, because it feels like I’m really going behind my family’s back... but I also don’t feel like I’d be able to go if I told them. And I’d have to be there for a mate of mine that is now a furry (or at least deciding whether to be one or not) because he’s not the best with social interaction... or meeting people from online I don’t think... so I’d have to be there to help him, but also so I can meet my other New Zealand furry friends...