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The first rule of managing your money is Pay Yourself First. This is where the first amount you take out of any pay check is an amount you put aside for yourself or your family - for your future protection. The common amount is 10% of your income. That means that 10% of every paycheck is put in the bank to be used for special circumstances, for rainy days or emergencies.


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The first rule of managing your money is Pay Yourself First. This is where the first amount you take out of any pay check is an amount you put aside for yourself or your family - for your future protection. The common amount is 10% of your income. That means that 10% of every paycheck is put in the bank to be used for special circumstances, for rainy days or emergencies. If you make $500 per week, $50 of that goes into a special account. The rest of your paycheck goes towards the rest of your budget and expenses. This 10% is where you will build the cushion you need for emergencies Authentic Frederik Andersen Jersey , vacations and etc. You will do this FIRST always and you will build an amount that is equal to at least 6 months worth of your monthly expenses. This means you add both the monthly and other expenses columns together and multiply by 6 for your "cushion" factor. So, if your expenses come up to $2500 per month, you need at least $15,000 in an account that will be for extreme emergencies or if you lose your job.


If you live in an area or work in a field where it could be hard to find work at times, you might want to use a higher value Authentic William Nylander Jersey , say 9 or 12 months worth. Everything above that amount in the account can be for regular emergencies, car breakdowns, refrigerator goes out, etc. Also, you can plan large ticket item purchases out of this excess amount Authentic Zach Hyman Jersey , vacations, buying a new car, etc. This 10% money should be in an account that does not have easy access. You should make this a separate account, better yet - make it a separate bank on the other side of town. Also, make it easy not to even see it. It's best to have an allotment or savings come right from your work sent directly to the bank so you never see it. The idea is to make your savings fund hard to get to. If you don't see it Authentic Jason Spezza Jersey , you won't spend it.


With that thought in mind, if you can have your paycheck sent directly to the bank, do it. Cashing your check and having it ride around in your pocket until the next paycheck is the surest way to make it disappear. One day it's there, then the next you don't know what happened - but it's gone! You will not for the life of you be able to say where the money went but it will be gone and you will have nothing to show for it.


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