Saver Stories
How Smart Financial Decisions Can Create Opportunities
Written by Stephen Ross, America Saves Program Coordinator | November 22, 2019
Of the many stories Military Saves shares, most describe how someone was in dire straits financially and worked their way out of it with the help of Military Saves. This time we want to highlight a different kind of story. This is a story about how responsible financial decisions can build on one another to create opportunities you thought only the super-rich enjoy.
When You Start Small, Saving is Easy
When Attiyya first got married, she and her Marine husband had just graduated from college and were focused on paying off student loan debt. They had both attended private schools and had sizeable loans. Then three months after the wedding, the couple found out they were pregnant with their first child.
The first year of their marriage, says Attiyya, was a balancing act between paying down debt and saving for the future.
Involving Kids in Family Finances
One of the best lessons we can share with our kids is about money. By middle school, kids should have a good understanding of how money works as well as the importance of saving.
Setting a Goal Leads to Success
Growing up, Marisa’s dad had always talked about saving first, but she said she didn’t really internalize it until much later. “I was drifting along with no plan, carrying a little bit of revolving debt, saving some money here and there, but without a real plan for it.”
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