I spotted this ingenious and simple 52-weeks savings plan* on Facebook a few years ago, posted it on my Facebook page, and it went viral with thousands of likes and even more shares within a couple of days.
I’d never seen anything like it.
A savings plan, a 52 Weeks Savings Challenge — who can resist something that straightforward and simple?
Obviously, this plan hit a nerve with a large number of people who know they need to save money, want to save but are dealing with the reality of tight budgets.
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My Story
For many years in my family, my husband was the saver and I was the spender.
Big time.
It took a while before I began realizing the power that comes with having money in the bank. It was the best feeling in the world when we bought an upright freezer for all the beef and chicken I was buying in bulk and paid for it in full. With cash.
When money was tight, having extra in the bank also meant that we could cover our monthly expenses, at least.
Trust me. If you’ve been struggling with saving money, it’s simpler than you might think and with this 52 Weeks Savings Plan, you begin to train yourself to save at the lowest level of just one dollar per week.
How does the 52 Weeks Savings Plan work?
On many calendars, each week is numbered, beginning with Week #1: January 1-7. On this 52 weeks savings plan, you save the number of dollars corresponding to that week’s number. For example, during Week 1, your goal is to save $1. Week 2, you save $2, Week 3 it’s $3, and so on throughout the year.
If one week you find yourself with extra cash, add it to the pot. You’ll either end up with more than the $1378 total by the end of December, or you’ll have created a bit of a padding for weeks that don’t have any extra cash left over.
Print out the chart or make your own and check off each week as you save. If there are other members in the family with an income, encourage them to do the same. A family with 2 breadwinners could end up with a grand total of $2756, and that’s no small potatoes!
The 52 Weeks Savings Plan is highly versatile; it can even work for those living a freelance lifestyle. You can begin with Week 52 in January, or start on whichever week is easiest for you.
Here are a few suggestions for making the plan work for YOU!
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know I always recommend customizing things to fit the needs of your family. This plan is no different. Here are a few ways you might do that:
- Get the whole family involved. Discuss how you’ll spend the savings, give some to charity, etc., and then post a progress chart. Kids who earn money for odd jobs, babysitting, and the like can contribute, so everyone learns how to save and then gets to share in the rewards!
- The last half of the savings plan can be pretty pricey per week. If that’s too much for you right now, go through weeks 1-26 twice. You’ll still end up with a nice balance at the end.
- Others have suggested starting with Week 52 at the beginning of the year so the larger savings can be set aside at a time of year when holiday expenses aren’t an issue.
READ MORE: We’ve got even more ideas for tweaking this plan to fit your unique circumstances. Check them out here!
For more help following the 52 Weeks Savings Plan…
Pick up my handy ebook with a self-assessment of your spending habits, loads of tips for success, and printable savings charts for the weekly plan, a biweekly savings plan, and a monthly plan. Plus, I include a BONUS reverse savings plan chart for those who want to begin saving $52 during Week 1 and end up saving just a dollar at the end of the year when expenses are higher.
Along with these charts, you’ll receive a savings chart for kids and my Gift Card tracking chart — purchase one gift card per month and end up with 12 at the end of the year to give as gifts or to spend over the holidays!
Any way you decide to use it, this plan can help you move closer to your savings goals!
What have you been able to accomplish using this savings plan? Lets encourage each other in the comments!
This could also be an excellent source for a cash kitty. Many preppers believe in having cash on hand in the event you can’t access your checking account: a bank holiday, grid down event, societal chaos, etc. You could place the different denominations in an envelop and store it in a fire proof safe, your freezer or your BOB.
Just a thought…. 🙂
I like this. This is a slow and steady rate to build a emergency cash reserve, This could be great if in week 13 or so you get a flat tire. With this you have the cash on hand to go and take care of it. You will not have to charge it and it will feel good knowing you were able to take care of it now.
Love it! Anything simple, do-able, and helpful is great in my book. This is all three!
Nice idea, but I get paid monthly. Setting aside $202 to $250 in December is a stretch. Setting aside $104 every month would be more doable.
I learned to start from the bottom and that way it is more doable that way.
LOVE THIS!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!
I’ve seen this several times on facebook but the problem that most people aren’t realizing is that by the middle of the year – you’re having to put aside $100 per month and by the end of the year it is $200 per month. If they can’t afford to do that now – how will they afford that a year from now?
Sorry – the idea is nice – don’t get me wrong….but many people will get discouraged a few months in because they are unable to put aside what is on the chart.
Well, mostly we spend more than we need to. I think the great thing about this plan is it uses such small amounts in the beginning to form the habit of savings, while slowly increasing the amounts. If you took $200 a month out of my budget today I don’t know what would happen, but I am willing to bet that if it disappeared slowly I would adjust to it. I think a plan like this can really help a lot of people, even if it doesn’t work for everyone.
Yeah I agree about December. I think I have a painless solution for that. Start with 5$ on week one, go through as planned and then only put in 4, 3, 2, 1 in the four weeks of december and you have your full amount of $1378. You just pay that big month in November.
Well, we must refer to the name of the plan: 52 WeekS; taking a couple of bucks -weekly- doesn’t hurt; Today I went to this thrift store that on Wednesdays has a 50% discount on clothing; I went to buy t-shirts for my two teenagers, which as you all know, they change two and three times a day, especially in summer; Spent a total of $ 50.- and happy, but last Monday, depositing in their accounts what corresponded to this week, took less money than the I spent today in the store; Then, really, I want to encourage all of you to do this on a weekly basis, so you do not hurt your pocket.
I am taking 52 week challenge now, and how I do it, I add up the week for that particular month; for example, January equal to$105.00 ,now we just finished with August I have saved so for $630.00. When an if borrow money, I tell myself u have an IOU.
So I really do enjoy this 52 week Challenge.
Last year (2019) I didn’t do so good.
This is wonderful. Maybe at the beginning you could double up at the lower amounts if you couldn’t do the larger amounts at the end. Just emptying out the change in the bottom of your purse would help. My son never spends his change. He throws it into a large jar everyday and treats himself to a ski vacation every other year on his change. That is a painless way to save.
I was looking at this not too long ago and I thought it might be better to do this BACKWARDS. That way by the time the holidays roll around, you will be putting the finishing touches on your savings rather than the bulk payments.
That idea is GENIUS!
I like the idea of doing this backward! Awesome plan!
I just finished the weekly deposit with one dollar. This year we’ll be doing it in reverse. Come the holiday season we’ll be down to the smaller amounts rather than the $52, $51, $50 and $49.00. Is there a printable schedule for this type?
My plan is to put aside $20 out of every paycheck (every other week, in other words) into my cash reserve, and $200/month into my savings account. at the end of the year I’ll only have $520 instead of the $1,378 you’ve mentioned, but in my case it’s much more achievable. I don’t count my savings in that figure because I’ve got some major specific expenses that I’m saving up for.
But that cash reserve has saved my financial bacon more than a couple of times, so that I didn’t have to whip out the plastic every time some emergency came up. I’m now out of credit card debt, and now just have my student loan to pay off, and (God willing and the river don’t rise) I’ll have that paid off by the end of this year.
Today I got a dollar back that I overpaid for my daughter’s school spirit shirt last year. Perfect to start this savings plan with. Thank you for sharing.
Maybe if people were having trouble with the larger amounts at the end they could instead just do a three or six month challenge and keep starting from the beginning after that time was up. So only the smaller amounts were put in, but there was still some savings going on and the habit would be formed and there would be even a little money for an emergency or Christmas.
Even if you did to say Week 5 then had to start again you would still have Approx $150 at the end of the year, would still get some gifts for the kids at Christmas, for cash.
I really like this idea and not sure if I will be able to do the larger amounts but will certainly do it until I can’t find $25 per week or more and then just start from the beginning again with $1 per week until again I can no longer find the larger amount.
I have printed off the sheet and have put it in my finance stuff so it will be seen all the time and remind me to do it.
We are going to try it with a twist.
First off we are starting at week 20 ($20). Once we get to week 52, we will continue up to 72. Still one full year of savings, but we will end up at $2438.
Second, we are making it a CONTEST! Nothing like competition to make it fun. I will get one envelope and my husband another. We shall see next year who has the most cash in their envelope. If we get it right, we will have $4876 in cash savings on hand! I just have to be sure my dear husband does not cheat by writing a big check on the last week!
We need to have a prize for the winner. I’m thinking a special dinner or a weekend in the city. Then a big purchase for our preps. Any suggestions for prizes? Keep it clean, folks. This is a family website! LOL
Why not use the new saved money to go on a vacation?
If the plan gets to be too much towards the end…even if you did weeks 1-26 and then went back to week 1 and did up to 26 again you’d still end up with $ 702 by the end of the year. Thats a decent amount and you’ve only had to set aside $26 a week max. Me personally, I have $25 taken out of my checking account and transferred to my savings automatically every week. I’ll have $1300 by the end of the year saved!
You could also print it out and say one week you have an extra $50. Deposit it then and mark it out. Maybe start out with middle numbers or high and work your way around. It’s easier to do it in order just for remembering purposes, but you could do it anyway you want.
Our twist is this – we are making “chips” numbering 1-52 and putting them in a box. Every Monday, we pull a chip and the number, and that amount enters in the pot. Then we color out the corresponding block on the grid. For amounts lower than $10, we automatically enter in $10, which give us $78! For kids – we use dimes instead of dollars….still adds up!
Brilliant idea, I don’t have a lot of put away right now but this is definitely doable, and I get to level up every week! lol
Hmmm…. I like the plan but I get paid monthly. What I think is doable for me is to combine the first two weeks with the last two weeks for the first month and mark them off. Next month save the next two lowest and the next two highest. That way the amount would remain rather constant. Sure, there may be a better way, but I love patterns. Thanks for sharing this!
While looking at this I got another idea that may help those that aren’t able to put as much away in one chunk. If you took a standard deck of playing cards and drew a card every week and discard that card, the number value of that card would be what you put away into a savings. Having the values of the Jack, Queen, King and Ace being 11, 12, 13, and 1 respectively. this would put you at saving $364 over a year through a whole deck of cards with the highest amount having to be put away each week being $13. If that is too low you could also look at drawing 2 cards a week and going through the deck twice through the year. You would end up with $728. Just popped in my head, and thought I would share.
I am doing this, but I split the $50 weeks into two weeks, so it’s easier for us. With this plan, I think we can actually do this.
It would be much easier to put aside the $25/week all along, since I know I would never be able to put aside $50 a week needed at the end. Of course, if you have cush in your budget, maybe easing into less pocket money week by week works.
Usually people get money back for taxes in feb and spend lots of money in december to make it easier flip the chart save the highest amount in jan and the lowest in december. That should make it easier for the big christmas spenders.
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My boyfriend and I are doing this- this year. I am doing increments of $2/per week number, instead of $1, and my boyfriend is doing $3/per week number. We’re planning a trip to Disney for our daughters’ birthday next year, and this is what’s going to cover it! Great idea person-who-wrote-this-up!
I am doing this on a monthly basis, and will end up saving the same amount. I get paid monthly so could not save on a weekly basis. This is a great habit forming exercise.
DH and I are doing this on top of our usual savings – bank, change jar. Next year, I think we’ll go backwards like someone else suggested.
What a great savings plan. Wehave 3 in our family and doing times 3. Wow, it is really growing! Thanks for the idea!
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Even if you stopped contributing at the end of November, you would have a very nice amount saved. December is always hard with the holidays. Having that nice chunk of change could make for a very merry Christmas
I am starting the plan in September so I that can save for next Christmas. That way in December I am only putting away between $14-$17, Thank you for sharing!
For those who are concerned about having to add more money during the middle and end of the year, why not do this in reverse? You can add the most at the beginning of the year when most people have tax refunds and more money, then by the end of the year, you’re only adding a small amount.
We have done this since January 1, 2013 and LOVE IT!!! It has been great for a number of reasons: (1) we have Christmas AND a vacation paid for with this fund and (2) it has been a great ’emergency fund’. Last week, we had to make an unexpected trip out of town. We were frantically trying to pack and find someone to stay here with our dogs. We were calmed knowing that we could just take out the cash for our dog sitter and be on our way. We replenished the amount as soon as we got home. This was so much easier than banking (in the traditional sense). We have decided that for 2014, we will do this again but we are going to do it in reverse so that the end of the year isn’t so stressful. This is the IDEAL savings account in addition to a regular savings plan!!
I’m thrilled that this was helpful to you!
Where are you guys getting your high figures from???? You are paying in the amount of whatever the week is: $l first week, $2 the second week, $3.00 the third week, $4 the fourth and so on. By the time you reach 26th week (1/2 year) it will be $26. End of the year, or week 52, is $52. Each week’s deposit is added to the previous week’s balance. The balances are getting bigger, the weekly deposit only correspons with the week #. Simple, $52 is the biggest amount you deposit.
Yes, but for then entire month of December all four weeks deposits total $202 and that is a rather large amount especially when you are trying to buy Christmas gifts. Didn’t you read the entry where she stated that it was hard because she only gets paid once per month and would have to put away $200 at the end?
People who get paid once a month can save $115 a month and have $1380 by the end of the year,
Dave Ramsey would LOVE this idea! I just finished with baby step 1 and have my $1000 emergency fund saved up. However, I could follow this and put the money towards my lowest balance credit card. 🙂
People are pointing out that in December you will have to make 4 very large deposits and that is true. However, you can also mix things up a little. Lets say that it goes like this instead:
WeekAccount BalanceWeek 1$1Week 2$52Week 3$2Week 4$51
And so on….
Coming around to the end of the year you will only have to deposit about $100.
that is a fantastic idea. I like this one the best!!
Thank you
Sorry, my html code didn’t work out, but what I’m actually saying is that if you deposit $1 in week one, $52 in week 2, $2 in week 3 and $51 in week 4 etc, etc, at the end of the year you will only have to deposit about $100 instead of $200. This will make things easier.
This is a great idea, but I go much further, I put away $50.00 per week that is diverted from my paycheck into a savings account.
Just for clarification on the chart, it is off by $100! Week 49 the total is $1125 and then add $50 for week 50 and you will end up with $1175 – the cumulative total for this week states $1275 …… so you might have a bit of trouble putting in $150 for that week!
If you look at week 48, the total is $1,176 so week 49 should be $1,225, then $1,275 for week 50. Probably a typo.
I love this idea, and all the alternate ways to do this! I just set this up on auto transfer with my bank (took forever as I had to do them individually, but will be worth it because I wouldn’t reliably remember to switch the money over). And the nice thing is, if you’re going to be short on cash, no one will judge you if you don’t contribute the entire amount that week, or if you have to take some out. It happens. This is just a good guideline for people like me that go “I have to save money….Next week”. Next week never comes. So while I’ll try to stick with it, if I can’t one week, then that’s okay, the end result is that money is still being saved. Good luck to all!
Have you done the math? According to this “easy” plan you will save $1378 this year. Divide by 12: $115 a month. You can set an automated debit amount in online banking to move that reasonable amount monthly to your tax free savings account. But on this plan you have to remember each week to move a different amount of money? That’s crazy! Plus – did you calculate what December adds up to yet 49+50+51+52=$202. As the amounts increase each week it will become more difficult for you to remember to do. If you like this idea then I propose you start with $52 and work backwards instead, resulting in December costing you 4+3+2+1=$10. You’ll also earn more interest that way. But really – why wouldn’t you just set up a monthly amount to set aside. Seems like a lot of work for $1378 to me.
Love ALL these ideas! Anyone can find change around the house, in the car or in your purse to put in those first few weeks! I would rather put cash in however rather than having it direct deposit so I can SEE IT grow… flip side of that is… when you see it, its easier to spend it… Discipline! But at this point anything you put in is better than nothing at all 🙂
My husband and I are doing this, but in our own weird way! We are doing it backwards, and by month! So the first Sunday of every month we’ll deposit the grand total of that month into our savings accounts, and as the year progresses the amount will get smaller and smaller. I just did out the math for each month and then the math for the whole year and it DOES add up to $1378. I’m going to print it out and hang it in our room! 🙂
This is a great idea and I am just starting it for this year!..I love the idea of doing it backwards also..However as I was looking at the chart I noticed that week 49 is listed at $1,125.00 that is wrong. The actual amount should be $1,225.00..Love it!!
I love this, we are a family of 6 and have always found it incredibly difficult to save, and too easy to use credit cards. We’ve suffered a few setbacks over the last few years, a car accident, lost wages, a blown engine, and our credit rating has taken a terrible hit. 🙁 This plan will help us to start forming a good habit with saving. I plan to deposit the lump sum for December from our income tax return because I know it will be impossible to set aside the $202 come December. I also hope to contribute November’s amounts throughout the year and have the total amount saved by Oct 31st to make it easier once the Christmas season comes along with all the extra expenses. Wish me luck as I start trying to dig my family out of this hole!
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I have been doing this savings plan. However, because I didn’t want to get caught around the holidays having to put $200 aside I decided to mix my weeks. I took the last weeks and coordinated them with the first. So the first week I saved $1 and the second week, I saved $52. I continued with $2 in week 3 & $51 in week 4. Since I’m paid every two weeks, I mixed the payments so that the smaller ones fall on weeks between checks.
I look forward to saving the money because keeping up with the weeks and the savings amount is pretty involved. I have added the “Rainy Day Savings” calendar below that may make staying on track with the plan easy.
https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/ctf3qj6bdrm9qqlmjb4pg577hg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Cheers!
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I am trying to do this this year. However, what I did to help with December is put $50 away last month on top of the $10 you are already putting away (1+2+3+4) so I put $60. This month, I hope to be able to put another $51 on top of the $26. I don’t think I could put $200 away any month. Then I plan to use this money FOR Christmas, or at least a portion of it. I’ve put it in a Christmas Club account, so I can’t touch it (because that is a huge problem in our house… access to the money.)
My wife and I are in the middle or week 19. A reply to some of the skeptics…It’s fun, and you do not have to go in any particular order. I am going to start on the last 3 or 4 weeks so it will not be a struggle around the holidays.
What about skipping the commercialized Christmas and keeping it simple with homemade gifts? It’ll be more meaningful and save you more money that you can put in your savings, too.
Another incredible idea that follows this same concept is….”The Penny Plan”!!!! Great for youngn’s or teens. $.01 on day one…..$3.65 on day 365 = $667.95. ALMOST $700!!!!! JUST FROM POCKET CHANGE!!!!! OMG!!!!! NOW HOW COOL IS THAT???!!!!
although this is a 52 week plan it doesn’t have to be done in a linear fashion…..say if you get paid every other week, on a pay week you could mark off week 52 and the next week mark off week 1, as long as you keep up with how much you put in each week on the sheet, at the end of the year the amount of money will be the same.
I’m so glad you pointed that out. I’d rather people find ways to make this work for them rather than give up too soon because a week comes along and there is no extra cash for the savings plan.
Since my pay cheques can vary from month to month and come every two weeks, I’m not going to follow the weekly schedule, but will cross off the amounts that I have deposited on the chart.
For example, if this pay cheque I can put aside $29, then Week 26 and Week 3 will be crossed off. If next month, I can manage $94, then weeks 46 and 48 will be crossed off.
It’ll be fun to see what weeks are left come November and December.
I totally agree with some of the comments here. There is no way I could put aside that much at a time as you get into the program. I barely make it as it is and psychologically it’s tough. I started doing the 7 Day Savings Plan at the first of the year and so far so good. It’s MUCH easier to save $7 at a time (maximum) and still yield the same yearly result.
Keith, every plan, whether it’s for saving money or losing weight, has to be customized. There aren’t very many things that are truly a “one size fits all”. If the 7 Day Savings Plan is what you need, perfect!! I just want to encourage folks to begin focusing on saving money and finding ways to live more frugally to make it happen. Some people start at Week 52, some hop around weeks, depending on how much they are able to save that week. Some even have the plan going for each breadwinner in the house. All are smart solutions but not meant for everyone. Keep saving that cash!! 🙂
well it sure kicks anyone on a fixed income in the butt!!!
by the time the end of the month rolls around i’m scraping pennies.
So bend over when you see change on the ground even if its a penny also change in your pocket throw it in a tin can something you can’t see how much is in there you won’t miss it. Also make your coffee beforeheading to work or out instead of going for coffee throw that change in the can you’ll be amazed what you save in a year. Our son saved $3000 in 2 years just by throwing change in a can bought a old tractor with it.
Needing to be realistic and never having been successful with money at all I have cone up with my own 52-week plan. I am going to save 52 of something each week, depending on what I can that week. It may be pennies (52 cents) nickels ($2.60) dimes ($5.20) quarters ($13) or dollars ($52). I will let you all know how I am doing as the year goes along and how much I end up with at the end of the year, somewhere $27.04 and $2704. Rule: no taking it out until January 1, 2016.
This week it’s pennies, by the way
Kathy, you are really a sharp cookie! The only way to make ANY plan work is to figure out how to customize it. No diet plan works the same way for everyone, or exercise or career plan. Every life has different twists and turns. I’m glad you came up with this very creative solution!
I get paid every other week, week one is not a pay week so I put in 1$ week 2 is pay week so I put in 52$ I alternate works for me
i get paid biweekly so I decided to each paycheck, put in $53. That’s the first and 52nd week combined. Then the second and fifty first weeks. Then the third and fiftieth weeks and so on. This way every paycheck it’s always $53 and no true hardship of coming up with a great amount at Once but still end up with the same amount in the end.
I started this Jan. 1 and have been faithfully sticking with it….it is so nice to see the accumulation in such a simple manner….
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Learned about this the end of May. My first week was Friday June 5, 2015 so I will finish up Friday, May 27, 2016. There’s no reason a person has to begin in January and end in December. Just start where you are. I decided I wanted to up my game so not only do I put away the cash which will amount to $1,378 at the end of May, 2016, I write a check at the end of the month for the same amount of cash I saved during the month and put into a saving account. At the end of the 52 week savings year I will have $2,756 put away which will be nice spending money for my Australian vacation. There are many variations on this plan but the most important is just to begin doing as much as you can. Yes, it hurts sometimes to have to dig out those dollars when the budget is tight, but it’s all a matter of pushing the limits of what you thought you could do. No matter how much or how little you have, everyone can do something. I just retired the end of May and am losing over $20,000 in income but decided now more than ever I need to save. Good luck everyone! Happy saving!
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If you are lucky enough to get a raise at work, have the increase direct deposited to your savings. I tried to do this with every other raise. Fully retired at 50.
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I read where ‘you’ never spend a dollar.
Save all your change and ones. Put them in a jar and turn them into fifties and set the fifties aside.
It’s amazing, if I only have a five dollar bill, my coffee sometimes costs me $5.00 because I have no ones and no change.
I’m more prosperous now, so I never spend change, ones, or fives.
It adds up very quickly and forces a person to evaluate their spending on small stuff.
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I’ve put just spare change dimes and quarters in a jar for a little over one year. Will be taking it to the bank this week and putting the amount in a Christmas Club. I know there is a little over $150 in the jar, so this can get me up to the end of April. This was, I can work on starting anew and also putting money away to make deposits for the rest of the year.
We save our coin change every year to finance part of our annual vacation(it’s just a weekend trip, local, but it’s important to us). While I am not ‘faithfully’ following the 52 week plan, I try to put back a couple of bucks every week, in addition to saving coins. I had put back some money specifically to buy heirloom seeds for this years garden. Totally forgot about it, found it when I went to submit my order. That money put back got added to the ‘stash’. I didn’t want to count what was in the stash, finally did today, and was pleasantly surprised. If I keep it up, I think I can meet or exceed the goal! BTW, DH has no idea I am doing this. Kids will be moving out soon, utilities will likely go down, but we may still have to move ourselves, without their help with bills. So this ‘stash’ may well help us with that.
I love any kind of savings challenge because my father always encouraged us to save money for a rainy day. Last year I started saving $100 a month starting in May and put it in a 7 month CD for Christmas. Worked out well! My adult daughter told me about the 52 week challenge and I love it! Saving money has never been a problem for me, but my husband was taught to work hard and enjoy your earnings. So, we haven’t saved a whole lot over the years. But, last year made a big difference because we also had another savings account just for the children’s school fees, tuition, and sports activities. That really helped and I am a stay-at-home mom with 5 children. So, this year I am doing the 52 week challenge as a Christmas fund and I think I’m going try to do it in reverse next year, it’s a great idea!
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My husband and I both work outside the home, and we have been able to put a lot of money in savings and investments since we’re empty nesters. We’ve bought two trucks and a tractor in the last couple of years. We’ve also done home repairs, built a barn and two chicken coops. We paid cash for all of it. We’re not going without anything, and we’re not exceptional people. We simply prioritize things in our lives. We’re willing to forgo small things so that we can have the peace of mind that being debt free gives us. Before you ask, we don’t have high-paying jobs. We don’t live like paupers or kings. We’ve had times when we wondered how we were going to pay the bills, but we made it. The only taxpayer funded money we took was my student loans which were forgiven for working in a low income school district and in a special education classroom. We’ve worked hard, but we’ve been blessed. Control your money instead of it controlling you. Follow a savings plan, even if it’s not this one.
Good idea for savings. The kids should encourage to save as well with this format. They will surely get excited by the end of the year.
I am attempting to join the FB group but it won’t let me answer the questions. When I click in the text box it takes me back to the top of the screen.
The Facebook group is currently archived, but you can still browse through past posts and helpful tips.
I am taking 52 week challenge now, and how I do it, I add up the week for that particular month; for example, January equal to$105.00 ,now we just finished with August I have saved so for $630.00. When an if borrow money, I tell myself u have an IOU.
So I really do enjoy this 52 week Challenge.
Last year (2019) I didn’t do so good.
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The print-out is almost unreadable and not in color.
The Black and White version is the one we provide since we had requests for a chart that didn’t use a massive amount of ink when printed. This is a graphics-heavy printable.