It's actually such an easy task in terms of the planning, that I'm sorry I hadn't thought of it. BUT, I'm glad someone did because now I get to jump on that bandwagon and share it with you!
Here's how it works: There are 52 weeks in the year, so for each week of the year you save that corresponding amount. For instance, for week 1 you would put one dollar aside, for week 2, $2, etc. OR you could work backwards by saving $52 on week 1, $51 on week 2 etc. I prefer this approach since generally when we are gung-ho about something we are usually motivated enough to start with the harder aspects and we generally STAY motivated if each week gets "easier."
Here's a chart
Here's another savings challenge as an alternate to the one above-
Instead of saving the amount of dollars= to the week #, you save the date. Let me explain with a visual:
So depending on the date you get paid, that's how much you save. If you get paid bi-weekly, I might multiply that number by two. If you get paid monthly, I would multiply that number by four.
So how about you? Will you be trying any of these challenges? Do you have any other savvy ways of saving money? Please share!
