26 in 2026: Save $26 a week/year

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2026 is almost here and everything is going great, right??

We are continuing the 25 in 2025 challenges but have slightly adjusted the goal post for a new year - by $1!

Save $26 per week or $26 per month (whichever makes the most sense to you.)

If saving $26 per week or per month is easy for you, please check out one of the other challenges ALL get the same sticker, but the threads will have people at similar income/challenge levels.

If you can attempt the harder challenges, you may not join this challenge! But if you push yourself to try the 26% and life happens and you drop out of a bigger challenge I will welcome you with a big hug (credit to @Elle for that paragraph).

Basic rules:

  • The goal is to save $26 per week or month!
  • You can have a makeup month if you need it because life is hard.
  • If your income is not in USD, you can choose to save 25 in your currency (i.e. €26, $26 CAD, $26 AUD) OR save the equivalent to $26 USD (i.e. currently €22, $36 CAD or $39 AUD). Just state the path you’re choosing!
  • You can combine any type of savings: emergency fund, investing, debt repayment - to reach your goal.
  • You can choose household or individual savings, whichever you prefer.

What do you get:

  • Support on this thread as you go along - post weekly, monthly or quarterly check-ins as appropriate
  • A forum badge when you complete your goal for the year
  • A sticker mailed to you for participating towards your goal for the year
  • A shoutout on the podcast or livestream for reaching your goal

Please Tag @anomalily when you hit any goals so we can get you your badge!

Here’s all the 26 in 2026 Challenges:

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This is it! The challenge for me! lol. Quitting my job soon so unable to determine income for 2026 (wow typing that out makes me nervous!) but I know I can do $26/week.

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I think I’m ready to start again. Canada doesn’t have dollar bills, so I’m saving $25/week and twice a year I’ll save an extra $25. When I deposit I’ll add $2 to make the total amount the same as if I’d saved $26/week.

One of my extra savings will be in February. The other will be in September.

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I think I would like to try this as well. I do not have my own income but I’d like to be able to set aside more of what my husband “pays” us than I have been.
At a minimum, I’ll save $26/month.
At a max, I’ll save $104/month (26x4).

I get paid once a month and what I’ll probably do is just add the savings money to our mortgage principal payments. Typically putting money into my savings account to save for specific goals has been too hard for me to stick to.

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