http://www.myretirementblog.com/10-tips-save-it-automatically.html Retire happy, healthy and wise. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.myretirementblog.com/10-tips-save-it-automatically.html#comment-211 Terry Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:51:00 +0000 http://www.myretirementblog.com/10-tips-save-it-automatically.html#comment-211 I tried that once. Unfortunately, once the money automatically went into my savings account, I didn't have enough money to pay all my bills, so I let my utility bills slide. After several months, I started getting shutoff notices, so I stopped the automatic transfer, took the money I had "paid myself", brought my utility bills current, and quit trying to automatically pay myself first. It's hard to make that work on minimum wage. I tried that once. Unfortunately, once the money automatically went into my savings account, I didn’t have enough money to pay all my bills, so I let my utility bills slide. After several months, I started getting shutoff notices, so I stopped the automatic transfer, took the money I had “paid myself”, brought my utility bills current, and quit trying to automatically pay myself first. It’s hard to make that work on minimum wage.

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