Building a Nest Egg on One Salary
Building a Nest Egg on a Single Salary Is Hard, but Not Impossible
By Suze Orman
Whether you are a single parent, or a couple with one of you at home full-time, figuring out how to pay for the everyday expenses of being a family while also saving for retirement on just one paycheck is a tough challenge.
To pull it off you need discipline and perspective. Discipline to commit to a strategy and stick with it. And perspective to recognize what truly matters in your life. Because the bottom line is that stretching one paycheck to cover the costs of today and the savings needed for tomorrow requires making tradeoffs.
