
Debt
Management Part
5
Step 5
After
you got all this to work, tigtening and plugging all those
holes that made you lose money; you find that you have
some savings. Don't be tempted to spend it all, once in
a while you can indulge yourself in some entertainment
with your cold hard cash, the more you use you cash to
buy something that you really want, the more you will appreciate
the concept of saving because you are not buying on credit
and you don't have to worry about accumulating new debts you
are going to pay later. Sometimes you may want to watch
the movie casting your favourite hollywood stars, think
about waiting for a little while for the DVD to be out,
you can watch it in the comfort of your own home and save
some cash on travelling to the cinema, buying the tickets
and those popcorns. If you really want to watch it in the
cinema with your love ones, budget it out, don't go with
an empty stomach, you may be tempted to dine out after
your movie in your favorite restaurant.
Think
about the amount of money you will be saving without spending
on stuffs that you can do without. But what to do with
all that money? You can place it in your old shoe box,
but I don't guarantee that it is fire-proof. The best place
to store your cash is in the bank. This time you are not withdrawing
money from the bank but putting money inside. There is
a loophole here, ATMs, you will be tempted to withdraw
cash anywhere you are, maybe it is too convenient and all
your efforts will be wasted. Try leaving home without
your ATM card, or a bank with limited ATM that is out of
the way in your convenience. But the best advice is to
put it in Fixed Deposits where financial institutions give
out interest annually and to take out the money you got
to go through a series of forms to be filled up, that may
deter you from taking out the money. Remind yourself "DEBT
FREE" !
Another
method to set aside cash is to named on some empty envelopes
like house $350, water bills $100, fuel $150, groceries
$200 and so on. Whenever you got cash in hand, place some
into one of them, but the draw back is, fire and burglary.
So you have to consider this plan properly. Another way
to save up is a piggy bank, you think that's childish,
just wait and see. Everyday you will end up with some loose
change in your coin pouch, throw it inside the piggy bank,
you will be surprise how much you can save at the end of
the month. Debt
Management Part
6
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