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LEARNING TO SAVE
➤ Financial security isn’t just for older people
➤ The success of your funds depends on how early you start
LEARNING TO SAVE CAN BE HARD FOR SEVERAL REASONS
➤ Financial responsibility wasn’t talked about when you were a
kid
➤ A lower wage or salary may make it harder to start saving
➤ Like others, bad spending habits are hard to break!
AND THAT’S OK.
THE PERCENTAGE PLAN
So, how can we go from saving nothing to stowing a solid bit
away each month? The key lies in incremental saving.
Here’s how it works.
First figure out your most basic, or fixed, expenses. This includes
costs like rent or mortgages, food, and utility bills. It can also
include credit card or student debt, if necessary.
Next, set aside five percent of your income and place it into a
high yield savings account, an index fund, or wherever you
please.
Learn to live with that five percent decrease in take home pay.
After you’ve comfortably adjusted to 5% savings, up it to 7%.
Repeat in these small increments until you’ve reached 20%!
“Frugality includes all the other
virtues.
– Cicero

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Save Yourself: Getting a Jump on Financial Savings

  • 1.
  • 2. LEARNING TO SAVE ➤ Financial security isn’t just for older people ➤ The success of your funds depends on how early you start
  • 3. LEARNING TO SAVE CAN BE HARD FOR SEVERAL REASONS ➤ Financial responsibility wasn’t talked about when you were a kid ➤ A lower wage or salary may make it harder to start saving ➤ Like others, bad spending habits are hard to break!
  • 5.
  • 6. THE PERCENTAGE PLAN So, how can we go from saving nothing to stowing a solid bit away each month? The key lies in incremental saving. Here’s how it works.
  • 7. First figure out your most basic, or fixed, expenses. This includes costs like rent or mortgages, food, and utility bills. It can also include credit card or student debt, if necessary.
  • 8. Next, set aside five percent of your income and place it into a high yield savings account, an index fund, or wherever you please. Learn to live with that five percent decrease in take home pay.
  • 9. After you’ve comfortably adjusted to 5% savings, up it to 7%. Repeat in these small increments until you’ve reached 20%!
  • 10. “Frugality includes all the other virtues. – Cicero