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Financial expert and author Nicole Lapin is here and she's teaming up with Capital One to share some easy ways to save.
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Well with current inflation it is a great time to take advantage of higher interest rates by focusing on savings and the increased interest rates we're now getting.
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Capital One started national savings day, to help empower folks to feel more confident about their relationship with money, and provide education on how to save in a way that feels easy and authentic.
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This day marks the perfect time to learn new skills or brush up on ones you already know about.
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And that's why I'm keeping teaming up with Capital One, to help share how small changes really can make a big difference in your savings.
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What steps can we take to create healthy saving habits? - The first step is to create a savings plan and start paying yourself first from each paycheck.
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You don't need to look at spreadsheets all day long. You just need to set up a system once and then let your money work for you.
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It's simple, you just come up with a set amount that you want to go straight into your savings from your paycheck once, and then forget about it.
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It has a great interest rate, so your alert you're earning money every single time you make a deposit.
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One thing I suggest is to take a financial selfie, and that means look at your finances without a filter.
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Be really honest with yourself, because the only financial problem you can't fix is the one you don't admit you have.
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I really like the idea of creating a sub savings account, where you literally name an account with exactly what you're saving for.
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Visualizing what you're saving for ensures that you're more likely to do it if you're imagining what you get with that money on the other side.
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The Capital One 360 Performance Savings account lets you label multiple accounts for each one of your financial goals.
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And that way you are ready by the time the holidays roll around, and you're not scrambling.