Comments on: The Challenge http://blog.studentplatinum.com/financial-information/the-challenge/ Current events and opinions about student credit issues Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:40:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Financial Aid Podcast Free MP3 Internet Radio Show » How to raise money for the Student Platinum savings challenge http://blog.studentplatinum.com/financial-information/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-10297 Financial Aid Podcast Free MP3 Internet Radio Show » How to raise money for the Student Platinum savings challenge Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:06:21 +0000 http://www.studentplatinum.com/student-credit-card-blog/?p=405#comment-10297 [...] Everyone is talking about how they’ll save money, about how they’ve committed to putting money aside. Except for a few folks doing the soda can recycling thing, no one is talking about how to bring more money in the door. Saving is easier when you have more money to work with - which seems like a blatantly obvious, trite thing to say, except that it’s not on anyone’s radar. [...] [...] Everyone is talking about how they’ll save money, about how they’ve committed to putting money aside. Except for a few folks doing the soda can recycling thing, no one is talking about how to bring more money in the door. Saving is easier when you have more money to work with – which seems like a blatantly obvious, trite thing to say, except that it’s not on anyone’s radar. [...]

]]> By: Credit Card Guy http://blog.studentplatinum.com/financial-information/the-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-6385 Credit Card Guy Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:16:29 +0000 http://www.studentplatinum.com/student-credit-card-blog/?p=405#comment-6385 Read the previous blog. Sometimes its better to plan less savings and more in your pocket. Being too aggressive often backfires if you don't leave yourself enough cash for things that come up. I would advise making a balanced plan over the next 6 weeks which puts in a reasonable amount for savings and keeps some aside for things that come up. That way it will be easier to avoid taking money back out to cover them. Read the previous blog. Sometimes its better to plan less savings and more in your pocket. Being too aggressive often backfires if you don’t leave yourself enough cash for things that come up.

I would advise making a balanced plan over the next 6 weeks which puts in a reasonable amount for savings and keeps some aside for things that come up. That way it will be easier to avoid taking money back out to cover them.

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