How to Save Money for What Matters
Gain a better understanding of where your money is going and how to start saving with these valuable tools.
Managing finances is a challenge for everyone, but help is out there if you know where to look. AAA’s “Well Worth It Financial Know-How” webcast series offers valuable tips and insight for individuals and couples in every stage of life, from young adults on their own for the first time to retirees looking to enjoy their golden years. The purpose of the series is to provide information and education that’s easy to understand from an organization built on trust: AAA.
The “Saving for What Matters” webcast from this series provides the tools you need to better understand where your money is going and how to start saving. Among the topics hosts Trina Bowden and Chris White cover in the webcast are:
- Financial Literacy
- Where money is going now
- Steps to create a budget
- Savings tips
- Goal setting
- Where Does Your Paycheck Go?
- 5 Steps to Budgeting (includes downloadable sample budget worksheet)
- Be aware of your income
- Understand your expenses
- Be real with yourself
- Get your mind right
- Create an official budget
- How to Start Saving
- Savings & Debt: 75/25 Method
- Savings Tips
- Goal Setting
- Types of Savings Accounts
The valuable tips presented in the “Saving for What Matters” webcast can be used by anyone but are especially useful to parents with growing families as well as retirees and others living on a fixed income.