disny_luvr
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2008
Week #8 - $14
New Total = $122.85
New Total = $122.85
Week 5 - $7
Week 6 - $10
Week 7 - $15
Week 8 - $18
Total = $61
I’ve been pulling money weekly, but forgot to update my progress here.
Week 14 - $21
Week 15 - $30
Week 16 - $25
Week 17 - $24
Week 18 - $26
Week 19 - $19
Week 20 - $13
Week 21 - $4
Week 22 - $8
Total = $380
Once I reached $250, I opened an account and started depositing the money in the account at the end of each month. I’ve been splitting $52 each week with part going towards my Disney June 2019 trip and the rest going towards this challenge. When we return from our trip later this month, I hope to get more aggressive with the money I’m putting towards this challenge.
I do agree but the two (automatic deposits to a savings account and change jar) need not be mutually exclusive.Change isn't likely to add up to a whole lot. It's easy to lose the momentum or to dip into the jar when you need lunch money.
Instead, set up a new savings account at a bank that's kinda hard to reach; don't get an ATM card for it. The point: You have to go to some trouble to withdraw money from this bank. Then have X amount directly deposited from each paycheck into that account. Making it automatic means you're not going to skip it. This plan will be much more successful than randomly tossing change into a jar.