{"id":32828,"date":"2025-05-05T04:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=32828"},"modified":"2025-05-10T18:24:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T01:24:52","slug":"how-i-saved-36000-dollars-in-12-years-by-doing-this-simple-trick-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id32828-how-i-saved-36000-dollars-in-12-years-by-doing-this-simple-trick-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Saving Made Easy: How I Saved $36,000 in 12 Years by Doing This Simple Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/five-dollar-bill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32831\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/five-dollar-bill.jpg\" alt=\"saving made easy\" width=\"395\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/five-dollar-bill.jpg 380w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/five-dollar-bill-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/five-dollar-bill-38x50.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a>Want to know a trick for saving made easy? I want everyone to pull up a chair and get comfortable because I&#8217;m about to tell you a story that may seem hard to believe. But it is the absolute truth. Awhile back, I made a decision that forever changed my relationship to money: instead of spending every $5 bill that passed through my hands, I started saving them.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, I had two daughters in private colleges and, to put it mildly, my husband and I were financially stressed. But I found that socking away each and every $5 bill I received as change in a cash transaction was one way I could stay in control of what little extra money I had at the time &#8212; and the strategy has paid off. The girls are out of college and both are married now. And I&#8217;ve saved almost $36,000, all in $5 bills. Wowza!<\/p>\n<p>The best part about my plan is that you can do it too. All it takes to start is a commitment to save and <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id26717-is-the-5-bill-the-new-1-bill-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one $5 bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The number one reason most people don&#8217;t save is that they don&#8217;t have a savings plan. Not me. From the moment I wake in the morning, I&#8217;m thinking of ways to get back a $5 bill. That&#8217;s one reason I do most of my day to day living by spending cash. Because, let&#8217;s be honest, you can&#8217;t get a $5 back if you pay with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1442-credit-or-debit-which-is-better-3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debit or credit card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And once you commit to saving your fives, you&#8217;ll never look at a $5 bill the same way again. Once you see them accumulate, you won&#8217;t be tempted to spend them. It becomes an addictive habit, a fun game to see how fast you can grow your stash.<\/p>\n<p>One of Warren Buffett&#8217;s ideas about investing that I really like is that we should invest in ourselves before anything else. What better way to invest in ourselves than committing to a personal savings plan?<\/p>\n<p>The way I see it, people everywhere are yearning for a simple way to put aside some extra money, to <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1223-your-big-fat-expensive-wedding-stupid-is-as-stupid-does.html\">pay for a wedding<\/a> or a vacation, a new car or a house; to pay off school loans or help put a child through school; or maybe the ultimate savings goal &#8212; retirement. Some people <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id4269-you-can-save-money-faster-by-turbo-charging-your-change-jar-2.html\">throw loose change in a jar<\/a>, while others are way more ambitious and disciplined, setting aside 10% of their monthly income as savings before paying their bills.<\/p>\n<p>But loose change never amounts to any significant money. And most people can&#8217;t save at all, much less 10% of their salary. So I have a blog called &#8220;Save Money Fast with Fives&#8221; to help people save more. I hope you will become a faithful reader and a follower.<\/p>\n<p><em>Marie C. Franklin is a former writer for the <\/em>Boston Globe.<em> Today she&#8217;s a journalism professor at Lasell College in Auburndale, MA. She publishes a personal finance blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savemoneyfastwithfives.wordpress.com\/\">Save Money Fast with Fives<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credit: The.Comedian<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know a trick for saving made easy? I want everyone to pull up a chair and get comfortable because I&#8217;m about to tell you a story that may seem hard to believe. But it is the absolute truth. 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