How to Increase your Saving Habit.

in Project HOPE2 years ago

We can already successfully establish a strong fact, that is, earning so much money does not necessarily make you rich, but what you are able to achieve with the money made, makes a lot of difference. We may deceive ourselves by saving and investing pennies out of the much that we make and that is not the way to grow our finance, as our pattern of income grows, our savings and investments should grow as well. There are questions that need to be answered about your saving agenda.


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  • Can you conveniently pay your bills?

There is a difference between paying your debt conveniently and having extra funds in savings, or living from paycheck to paycheck. You need to ask yourself if you are meeting your obligations with convenience every month. If you are not able to carry out your obligations with ease, there are two things you can do to make things better in this regard. You can either choose to put effort into making money or choose to cut down your spending habit, speaking about cutting down your spending habit, it is important to focus on very basic things like rent, transportation, and feeding.

  • Do not wait until you earn so much before you save.

It is a huge mistake to wait until you earn so much before you choose to save, the pattern with which you handle your finance when you are making so little, is the same way you may likely handle your finance when you begin to make so much money. Do not procrastinate your attitude toward savings until after a celebration, after your graduation, because those are all just excuses that would prevent you from eventually fulfilling the purpose of saving.

  • Save for retirement.

The choice to save for retirement is extremely important regardless of how little it is, saving for retirement could either be done directly from the money earned from the company where you work and directed into a separate account meant for your retirement or you choose to save differently to fulfill this purpose.

  • Spend based on importance.

Your attitude toward spending should never be based on just want, it should rather be based on the needs that are of really great significance to you. Establish what you want your future to look like by working on it from today, when you are sure about what you would like your future to look like, you will know what you really want your future to be.

  • Create an emergency fund.
    Emergency funds are an act you need to put your mind towards, and make solid plans to set aside funds that can cover solid expenses when they are needed urgently. While saving for emergencies, ensure to put it in a place where you can have quick access.