Learning to Pay Yourself First: Rob's Personal Finance Corner

Columnist Rob Elder shares a savings strategy for building a holiday shopping nestegg

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You may have heard the old adage: ‘Pay Yourself First.’

But what does it mean today, and what does it look like in practice – especially in a difficult economy?

It’s 2023, and if you’re Gen X or below, you’re likely not living like your grandparents who worked the same job for 40 years and retired with a pension. We don’t pay cash fo…