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Paying Myself First

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I "pay" myself at the beginning of each month before anything else gets paid. This amount goes into a savings acct. I also take advantage of my banks Xmas club accts. There's something about having that "payment book" that makes it harder to not save.

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I started out "paying" myself 1% of my monthly gross income. I now "pay" myself much more than that each month because I have become much better at budgeting.
- Submitted by RANGERRUNNER 3/26/2010 in Saving Money | 2 Comments
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TSISQUAUSDI 3/26/2010 10:03:00 PM

    Definitely - You can't help anyone else unless you're in good shape.
SUPREME5 3/26/2010 9:02:00 PM

    GOLLY I NEVER THOUGH THAT ONE THANK YOU

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