Get Financially Fit! | Spending Habits

Does it seem like your paycheck is spent before you even get it? Perhaps it is time to take a look at your spending habits. Karen Cordaway, contributor to U.S. News and World Report and writer on her website, MoneySavingEnthusiast.com, shares with us 5 Tips for Better Spending Habits.

While 2016 is in full swing, if you haven't thought about a resolution yet, don't give up. Maybe it's time to make one that has the potential to stick. If you're often wondering how money slips out of your wallet, consider becoming the crash test dummy for better spending habits. Test drive some of these ideas below to develop better ones.

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Get Financially Fit! with WESTconsin Returns Tomorrow!

The New Year is a time to set new goals and how you plan to achieve them. Many choose the goal to weight loss or some other health-related goal. These are great goals, but don't forget your financial health! Get Financially Fit! with WESTconsin will return tomorrow, January 1, 2016. Keep an eye on our social media and follow #WESTconsinFinanciallyFit for financial tips and tricks of all sorts. Here's to a healthy and prosperous 2016!

Get in shape for 2015 by saving more

A good money goal for 2015? Save more

Source: http://www.cuna.org/Stay-Informed/News-Now/Consumer/A-good-money-goal-for-2015--Save-more/


                                                 

NEW YORK (1/13/15) --With 2015 stretched out before you, now is a good time to set money goals so your finances are in better shape come 2016.

 

If you're one of the 62% of Americans a new survey found to have no emergency savings, a good first goal is to start an emergency savings account ( MarketWatch Jan. 7). Open a supplemental retirement account like a Roth IRA (individual retirement account), which allows you to withdraw the money you deposit at any time penalty free. That way you're saving money for retirement, but it's also there for unplanned expenses such as car trouble, an emergency home repair, or health problems.

 

Here are some other good financial goals to strive for this year ( The New York Times Jan. 2):

New Year's Resolutions

There’s something about the new year that brings out the child in all of us. There’s the excitement of being on the threshold of something new, a fresh beginning, another chance to get it right. This is going to be the year. The year I give up smoking. The year I get myself organized. The year to put an end to all those bad habits and start some new good ones. The year I’m going to get my finances in order.