What if you could just wake up tomorrow morning and know that you had extra money saved?
That money could be for a special occasion, for your emergency savings, or just something fun that you like to do.
I know that saving money isn't always an easy task for everyone. I'll admit that it didn't used to be easy for me.
Plus there are times when you just can't set up those automatic transfers to your savings accounts like so many of the money gurus out there say to do.
You can set up those automatic transfers, but then you'd still end up transferring the money right back into your checking account, because the money is needed in your checking account.
There are tons of ways that you can actually go out and save money. But there is a difference between saving money on the things you usually spend on all day, every day versus saving some cold hard cash in your bank account.
So to help myself combat this issue, I created a money saving game. I made one of these charts that you see below and every time I was able to transfer an amount of money from one of the boxes into my savings account, I simply put an X through the box, which is so easy to do from my phone.
Saving Money a Game Changes Things
When you play a game with yourself, it makes it so much easier to save money.
You don't ever want to lose the game by missing a week of transferring money. It's just so much more fun when it's a game.
And with this game, you can pick the amount of money you want to save, based on the charts below, and spend a year (or maybe even less!) saving that money for yourself.
Last year, I shared the first chart for $1,250. And today I am sharing 5 more charts for a total of 6 different charts. Simply pick the chart that works for your goals. There are total of 55 boxes with numbers in each chart. Every time you transfer the money to your savings, just cross off the box.
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Save $1,000
Building your first emergency fund?
Need to build a car repair fund?
Use this chart to save $1,000 in the next year. Simply click the image and save it to your phone or computer. Then each time you make a transfer, draw an X through the box of the amount of money you just transferred.
Save $1,250
Want to save for the holiday season? Build a fund that you know will be there for any gifts you need to purchase.
Use this chart to save $1,250 in the next year. Simply click the image and save it to your phone or computer. Then each time you make a transfer, draw an X through the box of the amount of money you just transferred.
Save $2,500
Maybe there is something big you want to buy. But you won't buy it until you know you have the cash to pay for it. $2500 is definitely a good starting point!
Use this chart to save $2,500 this year. Simply click the image and save it to your phone or computer. Then each time you make a transfer, draw an X through the box of the amount of money you just transferred.
Save $5,000
Need to save up for a down payment on a new car? Or maybe you need to save up to remodel a part of your house.
Or maybe you just need to save up for an additional amount to your savings fund. $5k is a very good number to work on that with.
Use this chart to save $5,000 this year. Simply click the image and save it to your phone or computer. Then each time you make a transfer, draw an X through the box of the amount of money you just transferred.
Save $7,500
Now you are looking at saving a huge chunk of money, but you'll feel oh so amazing once you have a savings account with an additional $7,500 in it.
Use this chart to save $7,500 this year. Simply click the image and save it to your phone or computer. Then each time you make a transfer, draw an X through the box of the amount of money you just transferred.
Save $10,000
Maybe you want to buy a new car with cash, that is a super amazing goal!
Or maybe you just want to have an extra $10k available for you and just looking so gorgeous in your account portfolio.
No matter what, an additional $10k in savings is one hell of an amazing amount of money to save.
Use this chart to save $10,000 this year. Simply click the image and save it to your phone or computer. Then each time you make a transfer, draw an X through the box of the amount of money you just transferred.
Simply save the image to your phone, computer or tablet and pick a number to save for that week and then transfer it over to your savings account.
I've found that the game is even more fun when you randomly pick a number and don't even go in order. But obviously this is your game to play, so play as you will. Have fun! And happy saving!
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