Comment on Pay Yourself First Using Buckets Not Budgets by our next life.
This is a great overview of paying yourself first. That approach is definitely the secret to our success! And we’re also big believers in continuing to raise the bar. So if we save $1000 one month, then we’ll strive to save $1050 the next, and keep cranking that number up until we feel the real pinch, and then hold steady until it gets comfy, and then crank it up again. By living on the meager leftovers after paying ourselves first, we’ve avoided most forms of lifestyle inflation, and have saved a lot. So just chiming in to say: this really works! 🙂
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