By: GillianatMAG
Great article. Paying yourself first is so important! And I love the gif. haha
View ArticleBy: krantcents
I took the pay yourself first concept to heart many (40+) years ago. I set up a payroll deduction for my savings goals and put it on autopilot. It makes it automatic and easy. I still do it for my...
View ArticleBy: Brian T
Interesting that in our society we don’t typically think this way. It is everything else first and yourself last. However, if the priority is for long-term financial freedom from debt or to retire,...
View ArticleBy: ahathaway
This is something that is hard to understand when you are starting out with a budget. However budgets are the best way to actually implement this. That coupled with automation as mentioned in the...
View ArticleBy: Philip Taylor
@ahathaway You make a good point! I didn’t mention it, but when you make a “zero-based” budget you actually implement this pay yourself first approach. Nice catch.
View ArticleBy: Adaptu
I need to do this for my Roth IRA, I’m always scrambling to find $5k right before the end date. Thanks for the reminder.
View ArticleBy: Waltgv
Paying first yourself is not new, this is the first step of the ancient way of building wealth. You have to give some rewards of yourself for working very hard to earn for the money. You can do this...
View ArticleBy: Shannon_ReadyForZero
This is such a great post! I know that if I don’t put money into my savings and bills before I do anything else then I’m going to end up short at the end of the month. For me, paying myself first is...
View ArticleBy: GillianatMAG
Great article. Paying yourself first is so important! And I love the gif. haha
View ArticleBy: krantcents
I took the pay yourself first concept to heart many (40+) years ago. I set up a payroll deduction for my savings goals and put it on autopilot. It makes it automatic and easy. I still do it for my...
View ArticleBy: Brian T
Interesting that in our society we don’t typically think this way. It is everything else first and yourself last. However, if the priority is for long-term financial freedom from debt or to retire,...
View ArticleBy: Philip Taylor
@ahathaway You make a good point! I didn’t mention it, but when you make a “zero-based” budget you actually implement this pay yourself first approach. Nice catch.
View ArticleBy: ahathaway
This is something that is hard to understand when you are starting out with a budget. However budgets are the best way to actually implement this. That coupled with automation as mentioned in the...
View ArticleBy: Adaptu
I need to do this for my Roth IRA, I’m always scrambling to find $5k right before the end date. Thanks for the reminder.
View ArticleBy: Waltgv
Paying first yourself is not new, this is the first step of the ancient way of building wealth. You have to give some rewards of yourself for working very hard to earn for the money. You can do this...
View ArticleBy: Shannon_ReadyForZero
This is such a great post! I know that if I don’t put money into my savings and bills before I do anything else then I’m going to end up short at the end of the month. For me, paying myself first is...
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