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Women Talk Money Real talk on closing the gender wealth gap with live events and tips to take action. You can complete it again in the same way, change up the challenge for the next round, or try out another money-saving challenge to keep your excitement level high—and your savings too. Fidelity Viewpoints ® Timely news and insights from our pros on markets, investing, and personal finance.
If you can't afford to stash that much, you could halve the amount of cash you set aside or stretch out the number of days the challenge lasts.You might also try a hybrid version where you use envelopes but deposit cash at your bank every week. Unless otherwise noted, the opinions provided are those of the speaker or author, as applicable, and not necessarily those of Fidelity Investments. If you do use cash often enough, then an envelope savings challenge will help you save your spare change instead of wasting it.
Preferably one with a high-interest rate, like CIT, so you’ll be making money off the money you will be saving. Practical Functions】: This is a great way to get the whole family involved in savings, and a great tool for teaching children about how to save money.
There are variations of the challenge so it can be completed in 100 days, 50 or 100 weeks depending on how many envelopes you pull out each day or week.