Personal Finance Tip #2: Pay Yourself First

I like the old adage:

Pay yourself first.

J.D. Roth, over at Get Rich Slowly, has a great post on the subject of paying yourself first. Whether it’s for retirement or rainy day savings (or both), you should get into the habit of treating “paying yourself” the same way you do other bills.

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