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“Get A Little Richer Everyday”

I’ve come to the realization that every day I am a little richer than the day before.  I had never thought of saving and investing it in this way.  It seemed to give me a great sense of pride and feel really good about how I manage my money. 

use a chart like this to calculate your earnings

 As long as I am spending less than I am taking in each day on average, I am building wealth.   Take a look at these numbers I crunched to show how rewarding saving can be.  Here are the numbers compounding quarterly with 5% annual return (1.25% Quarterly).

 

 

  

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Short-Term Saving: helps you save more

Saving is like trying to lose weight.  We all want to shed a few pounds but just getting started and sticking to it is hard.  We need something to help get us1145581_984594321

motivated, and keep us on track.   So let’s think about this for a minute.  First we have to have a reason to save.  Without  reason, you will not be succesful at anything.  I could sit here and tell you why you should save, but  I could also make many good points of why you shouldn’t save at all.  I’ll save that for another post.  I can however tell you why I have chosen to begin saving.  For me the reason is simple.  I hate to work.  Simple as that. I save so I can work less and less each day. 

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