Saving challenges
Looking for a fun and relatively painless way to save money?
Investment author Donna Freedman recommends savings challenges.
The spare-change challenge. Put your change into a jar every night. In two months, wrap it and bank it.
The dollar-bill challenge. Put all the Washingtons in a jar every night.
Random number challenge. Pick a number, then bank bills whose serial numbers end in the digit you've chosen.
Weekly challenge. Set aside $1 the first week of the month, $2 the second week and so on. Bank the resulting $10 to $15 per month. – 52-x
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.