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Pick the number you can keep every week. Week 26 costs what week 1 did.
$5 a week · $10 a week · $20 a week
Week 1: $5 · $10 · $20
Week 2: $10 · $20 · $40
Week 3: $15 · $30 · $60
Week 4: $20 · $40 · $80
Week 5: $25 · $50 · $100
Week 6: $30 · $60 · $120
Week 7: $35 · $70 · $140
Week 8: $40 · $80 · $160
Week 9: $45 · $90 · $180
Week 10: $50 · $100 · $200
Week 11: $55 · $110 · $220
Week 12: $60 · $120 · $240
Week 13: $65 · $130 · $260
Week 14: $70 · $140 · $280
Week 15: $75 · $150 · $300
Week 16: $80 · $160 · $320
Week 17: $85 · $170 · $340
Week 18: $90 · $180 · $360
Week 19: $95 · $190 · $380
Week 20: $100 · $200 · $400
Week 21: $105 · $210 · $420
Week 22: $110 · $220 · $440
Week 23: $115 · $230 · $460
Week 24: $120 · $240 · $480
Week 25: $125 · $250 · $500
Week 26: $130 · $260 · $520
$10 × 26 weeks = $260.
$260 ÷ $2,900 × 100 = 9.0% of one month.
That's on an example $2,900 take-home.
Box 26 lands 25 weeks after box 1.
Start Monday, October 26, and box 26 is Monday, April 19.
At $10 a week from October 26: Oct $10 · Nov $60 · Dec $100 · Jan $140 · Feb $180 · Mar $230 · Apr $260.
Simple arithmetic, not a statistic.
$5, $10 or $20 a week. Pick the one you can keep.
Your number and start date go at the top. Nothing else to plan.
Write the running total each Monday. Same number every week, so nothing climbs.
Print it once. Fill box 1 on Monday. Week 26 asks no more than week 1.
Nothing. The printable is free. No card, and no trial that turns into a charge.
A challenge that adds $1 a week asks $26 in week 26. A flat number asks the same every week. If it fits in week 1, it fits in week 26.
Leave that box blank and keep going. Your total just runs one week behind the list.
Yes. Write any number at the top, like $25. It works the same way.
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