Okay. We’re going to get on the fast track for boosting savings. Ready? Let’s get started.

Make your own coffee. How much can that save you?

Stop smoking cigarettes. Put the money you save in actual savings.

Cut down (or eliminate) soda. You can feel the savings already just thinking about it.

Brown bag your lunch at work and put the cost of eating lunch “out” in savings. Yes, actually take it out of your checking account as if you had gone to McDonalds and put it in savings.

Use generic products (including medicine). You will find you will save a lot and you will also notice the quality is excellent. Put the money you save in...you guessed it.....savings.

Avoid credit cards with annual fees. In fact, call all of your credit cards and see if they have an annual fee. If they do, ask them to remove it. Put the annual fee in savings.

Price shop everything. Do it on the computer before you leave your home.

Negotiate on everything. Put the amounts you save in....savings.

Cook at home often, but charge yourself for eating out and put the money in savings.

If you want a faster way to build savings on your current income and current bills, check out our past blog entries about the “1% Savings Plan.”

You can save.

You can help your family.

You can build wealth.

Make your own plan.

HELPING YOUR KIDS GET AHEAD

In this country we don’t do enough to teach our children about money, managing money, saving regularly (and automatically), compound interest and steady investing for a long-term future. As a parent, we are always concerned that they get a good education and go to a good college so they can make a lot of money or have a valued career path. The truth is that we could do our children the biggest favor and one of the best things by sharing with them sound saving and investing principles.

You can join our free Facebook group (or have your children do it, too) by searching in the Facebook bar on your “wall” for “Live The Lifestyle Your Family Deserves.” Click on “become a fan.” It’s free and it ties our free blogs into that group.

If you want to give your children the same information we are giving ours, you can purchase the only thing we sell on any of our blogs or groups. It’s called “How To Survive Any Financial Crisis” and you can get it for only $4.95 at www.middleclassmoney.com.

Thank you for reading our blog and good luck!

Loyd Ford
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