{"id":551147,"date":"2026-06-24T03:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/551147\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T03:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:29:15","slug":"penny-a-day-challenge-offers-simple-way-to-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/551147\/","title":{"rendered":"Penny-a-day challenge offers simple way to save"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though they\u2019re not being made anymore, saving your pennies can really add up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because your Money Matters, we\u2019re taking a look at how the \u201cPenny-a-Day Challenge\u201d can help motivate you to invest in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s how it works. You start out saving a penny the first day. Two cents on the second day, and keep adding an extra penny every day to the daily amount for a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After completing all 365 days, you will have saved a total of nearly $668.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Financial experts say that by starting small, the challenge helps you build a consistent savings habit without causing a major impact on your budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more Money Matters news, click the image below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/kstp-money-matters-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MONEY-MATTERS1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Money Matters\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumb\"><strong>For Related Stories:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/joe-mazan\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Mazan<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/money\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Money<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/money-matters\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Money Matters<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/saving\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saving<\/a><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though they\u2019re not being made anymore, saving your pennies can really add up.\u00a0 Because your Money Matters,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[177],"tags":[79,18,19,17,112277,825,12094,234,235,12985],"class_list":["post-551147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-joe-mazan","tag-money","tag-money-matters","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-saving"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}