Many of us would like to have money in savings. Fankly speaking, a dollar spent now seems to provide a lot more pleasure than a dollar saved, how can you make sure you’re motivated enough to put money aside on a regular basis?
有積蓄是許多人的夢想。坦率地講，花一塊錢比存一塊錢要爽多了，那么怎樣才能保證自己有足夠的意志力把錢按期存起來呢?
Here are five things that could work for you...
下面是你可以考慮的五個(gè)辦法……
1. Save Little And Often 存小錢，常存錢
Do you tell yourself that it’s not worth saving if you don’t have at least 100 (or 500, or 1000) to put into a savings account? This is a bit like telling yourself that it’s not worth getting some exercise unless you have a whole day clear to jog.
你是不是告訴自己，至少有100(500或1000)塊錢才值得存入銀行?這就有點(diǎn)像對自己說，只有擁有一整天的時(shí)間才值得去鍛煉。
How about saving just a dollar or two each day? Most of us can cut a couple of dollars of unnecessary spending every day (how about skipping that latte, carpooling, ditching your daily newspaper..?) It’s a tiny amount that you’ll barely notice on a daily basis, but over the course of a year, you’ll have saved several hundred dollars.
何不試試每天只存一兩塊錢呢?大多數(shù)人每天都能剩出幾塊錢來，(例如不喝咖啡，和別人合伙坐出租車，少買點(diǎn)報(bào)紙)你可能很容易就忽略這些小錢，但一年后，你就可以節(jié)省數(shù)百元錢。
2. Read Personal Finance Blogs 閱讀個(gè)人理財(cái)博客
I find that I get encouraged to save--and to adopt good financial habits in general--by reading about others’tips and success. One of my must-read blogs for this is The Simple Dollar; Trent writes very well, and covers topics in-depth without making them too complicated. He also has an upbeat and motivating attitude towards savings and finances (some personal finance blogs can make for rather dour reading).
我是通過閱讀別人分享的小技巧和成功經(jīng)驗(yàn)才學(xué)會了存錢和理財(cái)。我必讀的一個(gè)理財(cái)博客是 The Simple Dollar，里面的文章深入淺出，對儲蓄和理財(cái)?shù)膽B(tài)度讓人變得樂觀而振奮(一些個(gè)人的理財(cái)博客則讓人昏昏欲睡)。
Other good blogs on personal finance are Get Rich Slowly and Wise Bread.
其他好的個(gè)人理財(cái)博客還有Get Rich Slowly 和 Wise Bread。
3. Keep a Savings Log 建立一個(gè)儲蓄日志
Something that’s often recommended for those sorting out their finances is to keep a spending log--to write down what you spend, so that you have a clear picture of where all the money is going. I’ve done this in the past, and it’s always revealing (and occasionally a bit horrifying!)
管錢的一個(gè)好辦法是建立一個(gè)花錢日志，寫下你的花費(fèi)，讓自己清楚地知道所有的錢都花到哪里去了。我已經(jīng)做到了這一點(diǎn)，而且我發(fā)現(xiàn)它的好處明顯(只是偶爾覺得結(jié)果有點(diǎn)可怕!)
A twist on this, though, is to keep a savings log. Each time you make a deposit into your savings account (or each time you shove a few dollars into the jam jar hidden under your bed), write down the date and how much you saved. This can be a great way to motivate yourself to save more. You could also use your calendar or diary for this.
