What Is Your Biggest Financial Success?

Let’s celebrate our smart financial moves!

Last Friday, I asked all of us about our biggest financial mistakes. (Mine was running a Kickstarter that went way over budget.)

What’s Your Biggest Money Mistake?

This Friday, I’ll ask what you consider to be your biggest financial success.

I could say something about “steadily increasing my freelance earnings,” but the truth is that my biggest financial success move came in March 2015, when I decided to take percentages out of each paycheck for taxes, debt, and savings.

Adjusting My 2015 Budget To Accomodate Freelancer Estimated Taxes

I’m debt-free now, and I’ve saved up an emergency fund, and although I probably would have paid off debt and saved at least a little money regardless, taking that cash out of my paychecks first helped make sure I prioritized debt repayment and savings. (And taxes.)

What about you?

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