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EASY Savings Challenges That Will Help You Save THOUSANDS [FREE PRINTABLE]
Saving money isn’t always the most exciting thing, one of the best ways to stay motivated to save is savings challenges! I am a very competitive person and if I can make a game out of saving money, it makes me work that much harder.
Today I’m sharing my ultimate list of savings challenges that will keep you pushing for more resulting in great returns!
>> Be sure to save this post, I’ll be updating it as I create new Savings Challenges!
Before we jump in, WHERE you keep your savings is also very important. The best place to keep your savings is a high-yield savings account so that you can be earning interest on your money. CIT Bank offers record-breaking interest rates. Click here to open an account!
All of these savings challenges can also be used for debt payoff or putting it towards your investments. They are all totally customizable for whatever financial goal you are working towards.
Check out this video for even more detail on these savings challenges!
Everyday Round-Up Savings Challenge
Use the Everyday Round-Up Savings Challenge printable hit your savings goals, everyday look at your bank account balance and round up to the nearest dollar, 5, 10, or 100. The higher the round up the more you save! For example: If you have $1,502.10 in your account:
- Nearest $1: transfer $0.90
- Nearest $5: transfer $2.90
- Nearest $10: transfer $7:90
- Nearest $100: transfer $97.90
Clutter To Income Savings Challenge
Use the Clutter To Income Savings Challenge printable to keep track of the items in your home that you are decluttering and selling (E.g. Mercari, Decluttr, Facebook Marketplace). Use your profits to go towards saving, paying off debt, or whatever financial goal you’re working towards!
Challenge a Friend Savings Challenge
Not many things will push you harder than making a competition out of it!
With the Challenge A Friend savings challenge printable, you can challenge a friend to work towards the same goal as you.
It’s customizable for any amount and has you set a prize at the end, it could be the loser has to cook dinner or simply bragging rights!
$100k Savings Challenge
Handy Save $100,000 challenge printable. This useful finance printable will help you to reach your financial goals gradually! It can be used with savings, investing, or paying off debt! Use this tracker and reach $100,000!
Saving over $100,000 may sound really hard, especially if you aren’t used to saving money. The Savings Challenge helps you gradually save money to reach your goal of $100,000.
$1,000 In 30 Days Challenge
Saving $1,000 in 30 days is not for the faint of heart but it’s an awesome challenge if you are!
Everyday color in an icon and transfer that amount to your savings. At the end of the 30 days, you will have saved $1,000! (This can also be used for debt payoff as well!)
The best part about this challenge is the savings don’t have to go in order. If you have a day where you made a lot in tips or got a bonus at work you can tackle one of the higher savings days, and if you had a low day you can save as little as $5.
$5 Dollar Savings Challenge
Handy Save $5 saving challenge printable. This useful finance printable will help you to gradually save $500 by saving every $5 bill you receive!
Saving over $500 may sound really hard, especially if you aren’t used to saving money. The $5 Bill Savings Challenge helps you to gradually save up the money to reach your goal of $500.
Save What You Spend Challenge
The Save What You Spend Savings Challenge not only helps you to save money but also stay accountable to your spending habits.
Here’s how it works: choose a spending category like eating out, personal spending money or clothing.
Then every time that you spend from that category you have to transfer the SAME amount to savings. For example, if you spend $11 on lunch with your coworkers then you also transfer $11 to your savings. If you can’t afford the $22 for lunch, then you don’t spend it!
One Month Ahead Savings Challenge
Saving one month of expenses may sound really hard, especially if you aren’t used to saving money… but it doesn’t have to be!
Use this easy printable to get One Month Ahead on your bills. Simply calculate your total monthly expenses, then divide that number by 30. Color in a calendar every time you save that amount.
Once all the calendars are all colored in you will have saved one month’s worth of expenses and be one month ahead on your bills!
Wednesday Weather Challenge
The Wednesday Weather Challenge is a great way to randomize your savings. Each Wednesday transfer the temperature outside to your savings. Example: If it’s 53 degrees transfer $53.
Track Every Penny Challenge
Tracking every penny that you spend can sound really daunting but trust me, once you get into the habit it is second nature and really doesn’t take that long.
Every 2-3 days log into your bank accounts to access your statements, spend 5-10 minutes, and record every single expense into your budget. Here is the budget template that I use and what helped me pay off all my debt, cash flow my wedding, and buy my first house. Here are some tips on setting up your first budget.
Don’t Break The Chain Savings Challenge Printable
Let’s take ‘Don’t Break The Chain’ up a level! Each day that you complete a habit/task mark an “X” in the corresponding date box. The goal is to not break the chain. If you don’t complete the month without breaking the chain then transfer the designated amount to your savings account.
Homebrew Coffee Challenge
With the Homebrew Coffee Challenge, color in a mug every time you brew your own coffee at home. At the end of the month transfer $5 per cup to your savings or debt payoff!
Pantry Challenge
Food is the third-highest item in the average person’s budget, right below housing and transportation. Saving money on groceries is a really hard task for many but I’ve mastered the art of cutting out a little bit here and there to make a BIG difference in your budget. Check out my course on How To Save Money on Groceries here.
I bet if you really tried, you could skip going to the grocery store this week and find enough food to feed your family in your pantry, fridge, and freezer. When you are trying to cut your grocery budget for the month, challenge yourself to eat strictly from home.
Every week that you succeed color in a jar! After 4 jars are colored in, reward yourself! The reward could be a pizza night, a manicure, or simply a movie night at home!
You Have Food At Home Printable
Who would’ve thought having the “you have food at home” talk with yourself would be so difficult as an adult?! Let’s make it a challenge! Every day that you don’t eat out at all: color in a jar. Once you’ve colored in 7 jars then you can reward yourself or your family! The reward could be a pizza night, a manicure or simply a movie night at home!
More Ways To Save:
Here at Freedom In A Budget, I am all about saving money! Here are some of the EASY ways that I save money:
• CIT Bank offers high interest savings accounts and CDs to provide a safe, secure way to earn money grow your savings.
• Fetch Rewards is a free grocery savings app that rewards you just for snapping pictures of your receipts. That’s really it. Free gift cards on groceries on thousands of products every day, no matter where you get your groceries. Just scan your receipts and get gift cards from places like Starbucks, Target, Ulta, Applebees. Use code QHKBH to earn 2,000 points ($2)!
• Rakuten/Ebates: Rakuten is my to go way to earn Cash Back from over 2,500 stores like Macy’s, Amazon, Sephora, Walmart and much more. Join Rakuten today for free, and you’ll get a $10 Cash Bonus to get you started! Every three months, you’ll get a Big Fat Check in the mail or a PayPal payment just for shopping.
• M1 Finance is an easy to use brokerage platform that allows you to invest in Fractional Shares and auto reinvest!
• Budget Templates: Excel budget templates with pre-populated categories and formulas to keep you on track with hitting your financial goals.
$1,000 Challenge Printable!
Handy Save $1,000 money-saving challenge printable. This useful finance printable will help you to gradually increase your savings over whatever timeframe you choose. Use this tracker and save $1,000!
Saving over $1,000 may sound really hard, especially if you aren’t used to saving money. The Savings Challenge helps you to gradually save up the money to reach your goal of $1,000. The first day you are only saving $5! Yep, that’s right, only $5! I know you can hit that goal!
Student Loan Payoff Tracker Printable
A Student Loan Debt Payoff Tracker to help keep you motivated while you pay off debt. This student loan payoff tracker offers 2 options for you to color in as you make payments. It is customizable for any debt amount. Color in an icon each time you hit a new payoff milestone while paying off your debt.
Save $10,000 in One Year Printable
Saving $10,000 in one year is a BIG goal! With this tracker, you will be motivated throughout the year to hit your savings goals. Every week color in a new icon and transfer that amount to savings.
After one year you will have a completed colored in tracker and $10,000 in the bank!
$1,000 Debt Payoff Tracker Printable
A Debt Payment Tracker to help keep you motivated while you are paying off debt! Having a visual tracker helps to keep you motivated while paying off debt. Color in an icon each time you hit a new milestone, once the tracker is complete you will have paid off $1,000!
Print as many times as you want for each $1,000 of debt that you have. Tackling your debt in small, manageable chunks helps to keep you motivated and not overwhelmed!
$1,000 Emergency Fund Printable
$1,000 Emergency Fund Tracker to help keep you motivated while you reach your financial goals! This savings challenge tracker features 100 cute icons for you to color in as save money. It is customizable for any saving amount. Color in a jar each time you hit a new saving milestone while saving towards your goal!
Emergency Fund Savings Tracker Printable
Customizable Emergency Fund Savings Tracker Printable to keep you motivated while saving for your emergency fund. Determine how much you want to save and then divide by 100 and color in an icon each time you transfer that amount to your savings account for your emergency fund.
House Savings Printable Tracker
A House Savings Tracker to help keep you motivated while you are saving to buy a home! It is customizable for any amount. Color in an icon each time you hit a new milestone while saving for your home.
Investment Property Savings
An Investment Payment Savings Tracker to help keep you motivated while you are saving to buy a home! This Investment Property Savings Tracker offers 2 options for you to color in as you save money. It is customizable for any amount. Color in an icon each time you hit a new milestone while saving for your home.
Net Worth Tracker
Tracking your net worth each month helps you to get a clear view of your finances and is extremely motivating to building wealth.
All of the formulas are pre-built, simply plug in your personal numbers and you are good to go!
What you track Monthly:
– Liquid cash (cash, savings, and checking accounts)
– Assets
– Investments
– Debt Payments
– Liabilities (mortgage, car)
The spreadsheet also calculates how much your net worth has grown each month!
YouTube Monetization Tracker Printable
Reaching YouTube’s monetization requirements of the YouTube Partner Program can feel so far away when you are starting your YouTube channel. In this printable, you can track your subscriber growth and watch time hours.
YouTube’s Partner Program requirements are 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time. Download this printable to stay motivated to keep making videos!
52-Week Savings Challenge
Handy 52-week money-saving challenge printable. This useful finance printable will help you to gradually increase your savings over a 52 week period (1 year). Use this tracker and save $1,378 in one year! – Saving over $1,300 in a year may sound really hard, especially if you aren’t used to saving money.
The 52-Week Savings Challenge helps you to gradually save up money. In the first week, you are only saving $1! Yep, that’s right, only $1! I know you can hit that goal! The following week you save $2, the week after $3, halfway through the year you are saving $26 that week until you get to the last week of the year and save $52. At the end, you will have saved $1,378!!
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