The Tuesday Challenge
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (113617)
United States
June 3, 2026 7:10pm CST
Man, I haven't written about the Tuesday Challenge in ages. Does anyone even remember what it is? Did anyone ever actually do it? I know there were some who said they wanted to, but I wonder if anyone ever actually committed to it.
So, next Tuesday, are you curious what the balance is? It's getting up there and it's getting close to time to move some of it. But it is amazing what can be accumulated with just a small weekly contribution.
Should I post next Tuesday about it?
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@2ndchances24 (12420)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
4 Jun
More than either 1 of us will ever see or have
in our life time.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
4 Jun
@2ndchances24 I don't know what you meam.
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@2ndchances24 (12420)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
4 Jun
@porwest maybe not cause most of is fake, right ?
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@moffittjc (129181)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Jun
I still do the Tuesday challenge. And, just last week, I decided to do what I call a Financial Friday. I get paid every Friday, and since I only work half days on Friday, I usually do all my bills and balance my bank account on that day. So, I decided that in addition to all the regular savings and investing I normally do, I will also make a commitment to save and/or invest an extra amount on Fridays. Kinda like a boost to what I'm already doing.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
6 Jun
That is precisely what the Tuesday Challenge is all about, and so...you nailed it.
I added some "elements" to mine as well. On year one I added a dollar to the Tuesday amount. On year two I added two. And now I also add a 10% "interest" payment on the first Tuesday of every month.
Not sure if I will include all that in the post since it might make it run a bit long. But that's it exactly. Start with the easy commitment and then get creative about making the challenge even more fruitful.
Right now, I am thinking about taking $1000 of it and moving it to a high yield investment since the money in the envelope currently earns nothing.
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@moffittjc (129181)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Jun
@porwest That is interesting that you "add" on to your challenge, because I sorta do the same thing. With the goal in mind of slowly but surely increasing the amount of contributions. When you make small moves (like adding a dollar to the amount each year), then you won't miss the money as much.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
7 Jun
@moffittjc Right. Once the "habit" is there, it just becomes a normal thing you do, and you don't even notice it. The Tuesday Challenge is one of the many ways I force myself to save, but what I am always looking at is the back end.
It's like I told the wife the other day when she asked what I was going to do with the $1,000 I was going to move. "Invest it," I said. She was like, why not just do something fun with it? I explained it the way I have always explained it.
I don't think of money saved in terms of the principal. I think of it in terms of the added spending power it buys and the income it replaces.
$1,000, on the conservative side, is equal to $60 spending power or $60 income replacement depending on what stage of the building stage you are at.
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@Traceyjayne (12358)
• United Kingdom
6 Jun
I know I have read a post about this before …but …I forget …what’s is the `Tuesday challenge `?
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@lovebuglena (52669)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Jun
I don’t do that but mainly because I don’t work.
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@lovebuglena (52669)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Jun
@porwest Only income I have is bank interest, mylot, and once in a blue moon my books and swagbucks.
@GardenGerty (170198)
• United States
4 Jun
I do not know what it is, but I am sure it has to do with some kind of structured investing. I want to hear more about it.
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