Beauty procedures, loans and impulse purchases on installment plans? Or thoughtful and competent expense planning? What does the actual budget of a modern woman consist of, and how realistically can one save if working in school, a library or a factory? In our new project we declare war on financial illiteracy. Without shame and dishonesty we analyze the incomes and expenses of residents of Grodno region with very different professions – from a teacher and an agricultural industry worker to a beauty sphere master and a blogger. Another heroine of our project is digital entrepreneur Anastasia Lupinskaya.

Anastasia is from Grodno. In the internet space she is better known under her creative pseudonym Nastya Mur. The girl received pedagogical education at Volkovysky College of Grodno State University named after Yanki Kupala. She worked at Grodno No. 6 Gymnasium. Parallelly she successfully developed her own online activity. Leaving school was not easy; for some time Anastasia headed the school TikTok club. This helped her stay connected with her favorite students.

Today Anastasia Lupinskaya confidently realizes herself in several areas: she works as a youth health expert (ZOZH), founder of a clothing brand, content creator and specialist in internet technologies and advertising. Her total monthly income usually exceeds 5,000 rubles. But in the internet environment earning money constantly varies depending on market conditions. That is why our heroine always has savings and works simultaneously in multiple spheres to mitigate risks.

A significant part of her monthly expenses is rent for temporary housing. Renting an apartment in Grodno costs about 900 rubles per month, utility payments amount to 130-150 rubles. About 300 rubles per month goes toward wardrobe updates. For beauty procedures around another 300 rubles per month is spent. Much is done through barter with various masters. Special attention is paid to skin health: after successful acne treatment the girl spends about 100 rubles per month maintaining the achieved results.

Anastasia and her boyfriend split food expenses evenly. In total, they spend about 1,600 rubles per month on food. The couple focuses on freshness and quality, so their diet always includes plenty of chicken meat, cottage cheese, and whole-grain products. When they go shopping together, the boyfriend usually pays the bill, but if Anastasia goes shopping alone, she calmly buys everything needed for the house on her own.

They allocate up to 100 rubles per month for trips to cafés and restaurants. Often this expense item remains untouched thanks to barter agreements. A special place in the budget is taken by the coffee tradition: every Thursday the young people definitely drink coffee with cinnamon, sincerely believing that this ritual attracts financial success.

According to Anastasia, she has no spontaneous expenses, as her top priority is a clear global goal. She dreams of buying her own apartment in the near future. Summing up, the project's heroine confidently states: internet entrepreneurship brings a decent income, but here, as everywhere, one must work a lot and diligently.