Four Savings Challenges for New Year's Resolutions
1. Four Savings Challenges for New Year’s Resolutions
Barbara O’Neill, Ph.D., CFP®, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
oneill@aesop.rutgers.edu
52-Week Money Challenge
Some people save $1,378 from $1 to $52 weekly while others do it in reverse from $52 to $1.
http://walton.ifas.ufl.edu/fcs/files/2014/01/52-Week-Money-Challenge.pdf
https://www.affinityplus.org/Portals/0/Documents/Blog/52Week.pdf
https://www.lgfcu.org/sites/default/files/docs/52week_challenge.pdf
52-Week Youth Money Challenge
A challenge especially developed for young children with optional parental matching.
http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/52-week-money-challenge-for-youth0315
15-Week Challenge
There are two Challenges: Basic and “Hard Core”; good for students and for short-term financial goals.
http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/15-week-college-student-money-challenge0715
The $2,500 Savings Challenge
This Challenge gives users two weeks of their choosing “off” and increases savings in $2 increments.
http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/50-week-2500-savings-challenge.