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    3 Simple Ways to Boost Your Savings

    Erick NeumanBy Erick NeumanMay 29, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Have you ever stopped to consider the potential “future value” of the money you spend today? If you were to save it rather than spend it, what would it be worth in, say, 20 years?

    For example, let’s say you spend $8 each workday for lunch on the job. What if you decided to fast just once a week and save that $8 rather than spend it? Over 20 years, you would accumulate about $8,300. Not bad. But if you were to invest that $8 a week in a Roth IRA earning 6%, your small weekly investment would grow to . . . (drum roll) . . . $16,000!

    Surprised? We thought so. Now, start applying that same logic to other adjustments you can make in your lifestyle. 

    Boost Savings By Changing a Habit

    What if you could save $15 a week in gas and parking if you were to carpool or take the bus? You might be more inclined to endure the extra hassle when you realized you were going to have an extra $30,000 waiting for you down the road. And if you buy a tall latte every day at Starbucks, that’s a whopping $50,000 up in foam.

    Do all three… skip one lunch a week, carpool, and give up Starbucks… and you’ve got almost $100,000 extra! Think about it.

    Boost Your Savings by Eliminating Impulse Buying

    Start looking at “impulse” purchases as one of your most formidable foes in the battle to save more.

    Impulse purchases usually violate the following rules for wise shopping: shopping around for the best buys, keeping tight control on the use of your credit card, buying only what you really need, buying what’s practical, and checking carefully for quality.

    The late financial teacher Larry Burkett often suggested maintaining an “impulse list” that works like this:

    • Never buy anything unless you have budgeted for it. Instead, write it down on your impulse list.

    • Get at least three prices for the same item from different sources.

    • Wait at least 10 days to buy it.

    • Never have more than one item on your list.

    “I use this system,” Larry wrote, “and I almost never buy anything on impulse.” He went on to say, “A person could easily go broke ‘saving money’ on ‘good buys.’ The only way to conquer the impulse is self-discipline. Without discipline, no budget will help. ‘For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him’ (2 Peter 2:19
    They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

    OPEN VERSE IN BIBLE (nlt)

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    Boost Your Savings by Surrendering to Automation

    When it comes to setting money aside, it’s easy to rationalize putting it off. So, it often helps to have some of your money put in savings automatically before you have the opportunity to spend it. 

    Here’s one way: have your employer deposit your salary directly to your checking account. Then, set up a savings account at an online bank (such banks usually pay higher rates of interest) and schedule a repeating auto-transfer that puts a certain dollar amount (you decide how much) into your savings each time you get paid. 

    It’s easy and convenient, and it will help you maintain a savings discipline.

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    Austin Pryor is the founder of Sound Mind Investing, publisher of America’s best-selling investment newsletter written from a biblical perspective. He is the author, along with SMI’s Mark Biller, of The Sound Mind Investing Handbook (Moody Publishers), now in its 7th edition.

    © Sound Mind Investing

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