Save money

I just used some of the money I saved to pay for school. I refuse to get into anymore debt. I’m watching it shrink and decrease on a regular basis now. I’m so excited! Saving money is really changing my life in a direct way, in fact it’s helping me get more money. Once I’m done with this Paralegal Studies Program next year, I expect a nice raise and big increase towards my debt snowball. Go money go!

Kimmy B. of “I am Kimmy B.”

I’ve been building my income up so that I could actually save. I’ve finally gotten a big enough increase that I’m able to pay for school out of pocket. I’m getting out of debt and an not taking out any more loans. It feels amazing. I suggest saving for something specific like school or travel because this will motivate you to continue making progress. I am so excited about my income and expect it to increase again next month. I use ING because it allows me to set up automatic withdraws that I have going to specific accounts: one for emergencies, school, and travel. I simply budget these transactions in and pay cash when it’s time.

Kimmy B. of “I AM Kimmy B.”

I just opened my mint account. It’s awesome! Yes, this a must have tool for anyone tracking expenses. It’s so easy and very helpful. You can have all your account info. in one easy to use place. It also has a budgeting tool and gives you alerts when you need to check on things. I also love that it combines the amounts from all my accounts and lets me know how much money I have in one place. You can also track your debt in relation to how much money you have. Visit http://www.mint.com for more info.

My mint will be mintier very soon because I got a raise and am learning how to monitize my blogs. I’ll continue to save and eliminate debt. Credit cards and student loans, you’re going down!

Kimmy B. “The Prosperity Blogger”
http://www.prosperityblogger.org

I’ve really gotten my act together; within the past few months I’ve been able to save over $500 for specific things that I needed. It feels really great to know that I can save for anything now. I’m not taking this off my goals list because I still have some large savings goals that I’m achieving but I have made tremendous progress!

Kimmy B. “The Prosperity Blogger”
http://www.prosperityblogger.org

Teaching other people about money management has taught me a thing or two about saving money. Like most people, I have financial goals & I’m looking forward to achieving all of them! I wrote a blog post this week about how to save money. It’s called 5 Ways to Save $100 a month http://prosperityblogger.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/5-ways-to-save-100-a-month/