The $5 Savings Plan

Posted by Tammy
 
I am always trying to figure out ways to save money and pay off debt.  Granted, I don't have a lot of debt, but I do have students loans and some medical bills that need to get paid.  It seems like no matter how many payments I make, they never go down!  Do you feel me? Can I get an AMEN?  Today on Facebook, a Skinny Wrap guru Facebook friend of mine posted the $5 savings plan.  It seems simple: "Every time you find yourself with a five-dollar bill in your possession, you set it aside instead of spending it. Then at the end of every month you use what you have collected as an additional payment on a debt. You will be amazed at how many times you have $5 slip through your "budget" in a month."  My initial thought, was, "I can do that!"  But, then I started thinking about the source of the initial post. 

The initial post came from It Works! Ambassador Diamond, Joel Dunn.  I know that might now mean anything to you, but he basically is at the top of our company when it comes to independent distributors.  He is a skinny wrap guru, legend, leader, whatever title you want to give him!  I thought to myself that there was no way that Ambassador Diamond Joel Dunn needed to partake in the $5 Savings Plan because he was making more than six figures and did it in a relatively short amount of time.  Maybe he just wanted to share it with us because he knows we don't all earn the income he does.  Maybe he thought by posting a picture of all those $5 bills he would get more people interested in what he does with all his "dough" in an effort to make more of it.  Or maybe, just maybe, he's been there and knows what it's like living pay check to pay check.  Or maybe he takes his role as a leader in this crazy company very seriously and wants to help those "under him" feel the satisfaction of living debt free.  Or maybe he wants to uphold the mission It Works! Global has for their distributors of living a debt free life!  

I'm 99.9% positive his reasoning behind the post was because he has been there, he takes being a leader seriously and he supports the mission of It Works! Global.  Even though he is a passive friend of mine on Facebook, I have never had a conversation with him, but I admire his passion, drive and leadership.  I will make it a point to ask him about this post next week when I am in beautiful sunny Florida for the It Works! Global Annual Conference!  

Until I make six figures with this crazy wrap thing...I will stick to the $5 Savings Plan!