GOALS/CHALLENGES

HOW TO COPE WITH THAT BILL IN THE MAIL

WE ALL DREAD 

Well its 9 days into the finance fast - have you written up your goals yet? Our first personal challenge is to save enough money to pay those lovely council rates in a lump sum instead of in instalments as it works out cheaper in the long run and who wants another 3 bills in the mail throughout the year?

Rates in our area are usually due around 3rd week in September - that gives us 6 weeks to save. If you rates around around $1500 for the year - that means you need to save $250 a week for the next 6 weeks.

If you don't own a property maybe you could try and pay off your credit card over the next 6 weeks or put the money away to invest in the future.