10 Fun and Effective Monthly Money Challenges to Try Out
Release Date: 09/15/2023
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Taking On Monthly Money Challenges
As I mentioned last week, there's a wonderful opportunity for you to reset things with your finances and have a big win with your family and financial goals. There's three full months or 15 weeks, depending on how you want to look at it left in the year.
You can knock out some really big goals in that time. One thing that can help you out with that is monthly money challenges.
We got a variety of challenges that we're going to cover today that can help you develop new habits and routines. You can use that money to put towards whatever goal you're working on.
There are some great challenges you can do throughout the year like the 52-Week Savings Challenge and the 365-Day Nickel-Saving Challenge, which I’ll include in the show notes. There are also wonderful weekly challenges you can take on too.
However for this episode, I want to focus on monthly goals. I feel like that's a big enough chunk of time where you can effectively knock out something. And it gives you enough flexibility that if you're having a bad week, you can still finish up on a high note.
In this episode, I’m going to cover:
- the psychology monthly money challenges
- go over the different types of money challenges you can take on
- highlight ten money challenges
We have a lot to cover, so let’s get started!
Resources to Build Better Budgets
If you’re looking to start or revamp your budget so you can reach your family and financial goals faster, check out some of these resources below!
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- Where Can I Find the Money to Build Emergency Savings?
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