Spending Leaks

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Estimate the amount of the leak per week, month and year, and develop ... Account. Make coffee at home. (Cost $12/month)
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Plugging Your Spending Leaks Write down your spending leaks. Estimate the amount of the leak per week, month and year, and develop strategies to plug the leak. Then, estimate how much you can put into savings once the leak is plugged.

Spending Leak

Purchase Price

Cost/Week

Cost/Month

Cost/Year

Coffee each workday

$3

$15

$60

$780

Total

1

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Your Goal Savings Plan Using the information you’ve compiled so far, use the table below to create your goal savings plan. You can direct the money toward a short-term, medium-term or long-term goal. The choice is yours.

How to Plug Leak

Monthly Amount Saved

Goal to Redirect Money Toward

Monthly Amount Directed

Account

Make coffee at home (Cost $12/month)

$48

Emergency savings

$48

Savings

Total

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