Money covenant

The present-tense rule

The covenant is not the freedom plan. It is the discipline layer underneath it.

Your rule

60/10/10/10/5 + 5 (Vacation unlocked)

Read-only

Monthly income

$9,800.00

Core monthly bills

$3,200.00

Emergency fund

$24,000.00

Months of safety

7.5 / 6

Minimum you owe each month

$2,310.00

Mortgage balance

$246,800.00

April 2026

This Month

Bills

$4,210.00 / $5,880.00

Pay Self

$1,120.00 / $980.00

Charity

$600.00 / $980.00

Investment

$1,750.00 / $980.00

Emergency

$650.00 / $490.00

Future freedom

Future freedom

Rea’s modeled freedom contribution is larger than the base investment bucket because she also sweeps surplus calm months into long-term investing. The point of the sample is that the app can hold both the rule and the real behavior.