# How To Start Saving Money

**URL:** <https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-to-start-saving-money/3492>\
**Category:** Money & Budgeting\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-to-start-saving-money/3492 "2021-01-14T17:11:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-to-start-saving-money/3492/1 "2021-01-14T17:11:06Z")

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Hey everyone 👋

What advice would you give to someone that was trying to save money for the very first time?

We’ve written a [few suggestions here](http://bit.ly/3stxDwO), but keen to hear what tips everyone else has!

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**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-to-start-saving-money/3492/3 "2021-01-15T17:14:20Z")

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> [@jase](#):
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> I am obsessive about “what I have left” so when I get paid, I put it into a tonne of pots (rent, bills, credit card balance offset, holiday 1, holiday 2, investment, and a few others).

This sounds like such a good idea. What do you use to split the money out?

I do a similar thing except I don’t use pots, just different bank accounts (one for savings, one for bills, etc). Not really sure why I haven’t adapted to using pots yet 👵🏼

> [@jase](#):
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> spend £80 a day

This is interesting! So you know that you can spend £80 a day if you wanted to, but you still aim to spend as little as possible so have money leftover?

Definitely here for making savings fun!

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**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-to-start-saving-money/3492/5 "2021-01-15T17:34:30Z")

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> [@jase](#):
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> My better half and I decided no takeaway for 3 months this year. Failed after week 1

I feel like when you set these restrictions for yourself it just makes you want them more. Like telling yourself you can’t eat crisps/ donuts and then all you can think about is crisps and donuts… 😅

> [@jase](#):
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> Sniff tip - Don’t make spending bad, just try and enjoy saving more than spending. 😍

As a side note to this, I also think that leaving some wiggle room for impulse buys in your budget can help - that way you don’t feel bad about spending, but you’re also not going wild and spending too much money 🤷🏻‍♀️