Some people find it hard to save money for many reasons like their income is not enough, many bills to pay at the end of the month, credit card problem and so on but whether we like it or not when you we do not face these shortage we will not be able to overcome these daily finance problem. What will we do to overcome these problems that hunt us every day? Here is a simple five steps to save money and if you follow these you will be free sooner as what you think. Well I must confess that initially these five steps are very hard to follow, it is normal because you are not used to do it. But if you will discipline yourself and follow it no matter what, you will be surprised that it is not hard at all.
1.0 Start immediately – Do not wait for tomorrow or next month to execute your plan. Do it today and write it in your board or piece of paper and do it today. Make a program to save money even if your earning is not enough. You could start with cent if it is really very hard for you to save. I am talking here on how to develop your attitude in savings. Remember if you do it for 21 times then it will become a habit as what the psychologist said to me.
2.0 Allocate Savings – How much do you want to save? It will depend on how old you are; the older you are the more you need to save money. You can start at small percentage like for example five percent then increase it to 10%. Just start saving and adjust it after a few months.
3.0 Pay Yourself First – Before you spend your earning, you should set aside a certain amount of money. Deduct it from your gross income like let say 10% every month. This is why we called it “pay yourself first”. If you are near to retire then it is advisable to save more like maybe you could save up to 20% per month from your salary.
4.0 Contribute More to Your savings- Save more by knowing which expenses are like and wants. Build a bird nest and put your money there and maybe you can spend the dividend but not the principal or capital that you save. Look for good investment and invest your money there.
5.0 Monitor Your Plan- As I mentioned earlier when you have the savings you have to invest them too because if not the value of your savings will be eaten by inflation that grow each year. Inflation is when the food you buy before is more expensive as the year passes by. Before you can buy a dozen of egg with just $1 but after a few years it will become $2 so your $1 dollar is no longer capable of buying the dozen eggs today that is inflation.
Lastly do not be discouraged if you cannot get your goal in savings. The important thing is that you develop the attitude in saving money. You can adjust your expenses to meet the target that you want by following the five easy steps to save money. Learn from your mistake and be courageous enough to save money.
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