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Best PF Practices of the Year!

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Last Friday, my friend at Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life started a writing project that asked us to share our best PF practices of the year. I thought it was an excellent way to wrap up the year, so I will add my two cents here. I wanted to refer to my old MOMA post and say, “Save 10% of your income and make it automatic,” but I am going to add a little twist.

When saving money or paying bills, it’s easiest when we do it little by little, automatically.

Footprints in the sand

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ChristianPF wrote a post called “Divide and Conquer.” It said that things are a lot more manageable when you do it little by little, instead of all at once. This was one reason why I switched my car and home insurance. I used to pay annually for my home insurance, and twice a year for car insurance. It was very difficult for me to come up with $1,400 right before Christmas to pay for home insurance, and another $1,300 twice a year for my car insurance. When I switched to Liberty Mutual, things got a lot easier not only because of the lower rates, but they are now automatically deducting a small amount each month from my bank account — I don’t even notice the pain anymore.

I am also doing well saving money for retirement and my son’s college education by saving little by little, automatically. For instance, I make regular contributions directly from my paychecks to my 401k, and I have monthly automatic deduction to fund my son’s 529 college savings plan with Upromise.com.

Below are other bloggers who wrote about the best PF practices of the year:

Lastly, I would like to leave you with a little quote I made up:

“You could walk a thousand miles, but leaping the distance is all but impossible.”

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8 Comments

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    December 19, 2007, 7:28

    Great suggestion. I’m all in favor of “little by little” :-) Nice image too, reminds me of the Christian poem “Footprints”.

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    December 19, 2007, 8:23

    There is no fee for doing monthly payments on your insurance, right? I’m not familiar with Liberty Mutual, but some companies charge extra if you don’t pay in full.

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    December 19, 2007, 8:26

    @glblguy – I like little by little too, and I love that poem.

    @My Dollar Plan – That’s the best thing, no extra fee whatsoever. It’s exactly equal to yearly cost divided by 12.

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    December 19, 2007, 9:47

    love that poem

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    December 19, 2007, 11:46

    I like your quote!

    And thanks for the link.

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    December 19, 2007, 14:25

    Yay! It’s a great practice. :)

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    December 19, 2007, 16:15

    @Joel – Welcome to Moolanomy.

    @Eden – No problem. I like your idea by the way. Very cool.

    @Mrs. Micah – thank you for starting things off.

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    February 14, 2008, 4:32

    Love the graphic in this post and i agree with your comments about saving money little by little. If we strt with the small things we often build a habit which then feeds nto the larger financial aspects of what we do.

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