The Power of Automating Your Savings
The Power of Automating Your Savings: Set It and Forget It—How Automation Makes Saving Painless Introduction: Why Saving Feels So Hard Let’s be honest. Saving money sometimes feels like trying to resist eating fries from someone else’s plate—it’s possible, but painfully difficult. Most of us start strong with good intentions: “This month, I’ll put away £200!” But by the second week, Netflix auto-renews, a friend invites us to brunch, and boom—the savings plan is toast. Here’s the good news: thanks to automation, saving doesn’t have to depend on willpower. Automation takes human weakness out of the equation. As Warren Buffett put it: “Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.” With automation, you can do exactly that—without even thinking about it. Why Automating Savings Works A study by the Financial Health Network found that people who automate their savings are 96% more likely to meet their savings goals than those who don’t. Think about it: hu...