Saving and putting yourself first

by Olha Romaniuk

Learning to manage and save money needs to start at a relatively young age. Some banks offer saving accounts for teenagers where they can deposit a portion of their allowance or earnings from their part-time jobs on a regu...read more

by Altaf Sahibzada

Passport to Wealth Pay Yourself First Much has been written on this strategy of building wealth. There is almost unanimous agreement that paying yourself first is an easy way of getting rich. Besides saving money, anot...read more

by Emmanuel Osondu

The concept of saving and putting yourself first may sound unfamiliar to most people. So, I guess the very first step is to explain what this concept truly means. If you earn a salary or you run a business, the money yo...read more

by Marilyn Elizabeth Mastin

I think saving is just common sense. When I was a child, my parents encouraged me to open a savings account. I put a small amount in every week, and when the holidays came around I had money to spend and I felt rich! I ...read more

by Matthew Paulson

There are a lot of old sayings that we all have heard about money. You know what I'm talking about, things such as "live on less than you make" and "pay yourself first." They are all nice one-liners that our grandparents t...read more

by Sean Curtis

A commonly used phrase for growing your savings account is "pay yourself first." This is absolutely the best advice for how to save money, and here are some tips on how to do it. The easiest and most effective way to pa...read more

by Mary Kay Reed

Savings? "Who can afford to save these days?", you may ask. As I found out, the answer is "Everyone". I didn't have to save much each payday and I discovered I had the money when my washer finally died. For once, I did...read more

by Linda Louise Stark

If I could go back and do it all over again, as the old man said as he was reflecting on his youth ! Yes, I am there, not quite an old man, but nevertheless repenting my youth and what I consider to be wasted wealth. ...read more

by Alan Habbaz

If you set savings goals and achieve them then you are on your way to success!If you are in your twenties and can learn to double your savings and invest properly you can be a multi-millionaire by the time you retire....read more

by Tan Ya Wen

What reasons are there for being thrifty?Saving up for a rainy day?For your dream weddings some when in the future?Or perhaps,for that expensive but oh-so-beautiful Chanel bag you been eying forever? Whatever the reason...read more

by Bill Whitney

I remember when I was just a teenager and starting to work and pay my own bills for the first time. one of the firt thing's my father told me was t always pay myself first. Always pay your bills even if maybe you have to ...read more

by Velma Shaw

A Saving Account That Actually Saves and Pays When someone wants to save money the first thing comes to mind is a saving account, but for a low income family saving money is difficult or not feasible especially if the r...read more

by Allison Whitehead

Treat yourself like a bill. YOU need to be paid too! The only difference is, you won't come knocking at the door demanding to be paid... not until many years down the line when it's too late, anyway. It takes discipli...read more

by Ana Armendarez

When you find yourself able to you should tithe your first 10% if whatever you earn. This isn't easy but I'll tell you something. Since I have been giving into the church, my finances aren't as bad as I thought they were. ...read more

by Estrella Stark

My version of the Golden Egg Theory The first thing to understand to be able to save money is why you should and what your goals are. For me it was very simple. I want to get rich, so rich that money will no longer be a...read more

by joy

The best piece of advice I have run across about financial planning is the importance of paying yourself first. How many people have not had the experience of getting a better paying job and realizing soon after wards tha...read more

by Alison Doane-Lentine

No one in my family except me seems to think that saving every penny possible is important. We are all far from financially secure. There is nothing wrong with giving to others what you can - I give to my church and su...read more

by Jokar Tim

so, here you are, thinking that the world has once again turned its back on you. u get hard up for a buck and u know very well that money doesn't grown on trees in this town and that's just the cliche! for you, mr. it does...read more

by Amy Smith

Saving money should be about you or the ones you love. I am writing about long term saving. The short term makes you feel good for a while (saving for a trip or some thing) but you are left as drained as the account when...read more

by Liz Schneider

I've read over some of the articles in Personal Finance and was quite surprised by the number of people that submitted articles but claimed that "they had no interest whatsoever in personal finance". Hmmm. When I had "no...read more