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Hey it’s the 4th week already of the 52 WeekMoney Challenge and the 52 Week Money Challenge Version 2! How are you doing
with the challenge so far? Are you depositing money on a weekly basis in your
grown-up piggy bank? Is it already becoming a habit? Hurray if it is.
The concept of the 52 WeekMoney Challenge and the 52 Week Money Challenge Version 2 uses the concept of Arithmetic Progression/Arithmetic
Sequence. Now I don’t want to explain this one since I’m not a mathematician. But
you know the drill, simply increment a base amount be it 5, 10, 20 or 50 and
add it up to previous week.
It has to be noted that as you proceed with the Arithmetic
Progression/Arithmetic Sequence, the values get bigger and bigger. Hence, I come
up with the pay it forward mechanic to simplify and supplement the challenge in
the later parts of the year. You can also have this alternative if you think
you can no longer save bigger money sooner or later.
So how does the pay it forward works?
You simply adopt a week in the later part of the challenge
and save it advance. It is that simple.
For example:
I plan to adopt the months of October and November of the 50
pesos increment of the 52 WeekMoney Challenge. The reason I am not adopting
December because I have my 13th month during that time and it can
supplement the entire month already. So I got that covered.
Now let’s say I would like to get Oct 1 to Oct 7 which requires
me to save up 2000 for that week. What I will do is to pay it forward. This means
that when I get my salary on the 30th of the month I will save up
2000 as well. This is on top of the amount for that week. So it would be 2000
for Oct 1 to Oct 7 and 250 for Jan 29 to Feb 4. A total of 2250! Hence you
could then eliminate Jan 29 to Feb 4 and Oct 1 and Oct 27 altogether.
What are now the perks of paying it forward? You will spare
yourself of saving bigger chunks of money on the later part of the year. Even more,
you can finish the 52 WeekMoney Challenge faster! With that, you won’t have to
wait until the last week of the year just to complete the entire amount. Who knows,
you might be able to finish it faster that you can imagine. Hence, you can be
able to use the money already for that personal goal of yours. How fantastic! Isn't
it amazing? Isn't it surprising? Isn't it?
Remember in the end, it is you who will benefit from the
challenge. Whatever amount you could save up, it belongs to you. You are
already a winner of the challenge my friend. Accepting the challenge alone is
already winning half the battle. So raise both your arms and say Champion! How
awesome my readers are. They are financial champions already.
P.S. To those doing the 52 Week Money Challenge and 52 Week Money Challenge Version 2, it is Week 4 already! Did you deposit the next amount yet?
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