In the previous three articles, we looked at several areas where we can save money. While these amounts might seem small individually, when viewed together over 10 or 15 years, you can achieve significant results! Let’s make a savings forecast…
Let’s hypothetically assume we can deposit CHF 300 monthly into a savings account and earn CHF 2,000 annually from a side activity. Sure, these are modest figures, but it’s better to make a “conservative” estimate rather than exaggerate and later realize we’re not reaching our goal.
Let’s take the savings calculated previously and look at the forecast over 10 and 15 years:
| Year | 10 years | 15 years | |
| TV and Internet Subscription | CHF 888.- | CHF 8,880.- | CHF 13,320.- |
| Mobile Phone | CHF 1,188.- | CHF 11,880.- | CHF 31,140.- |
| Various Membership Fees | CHF 300.- | CHF 3,000.- | CHF 4,500.- |
| Cigarettes | CHF 2,920.- | CHF 29,200.- | CHF 43,800.- |
| Savings Account | CHF 3,600.- | CHF 36,000.- | CHF 54,000.- |
| Comprehensive Insurance Savings | CHF 600.- | CHF 6,000.- | CHF 9,000.- |
| Leasing Savings | CHF 3,960.- | CHF 39,600.- | CHF 59,400.- |
| Side Activity | CHF 2,000.- | CHF 20,000.- | CHF 30,000.- |
| TOTAL | CHF 15,456.- | CHF 154,560.- | CHF 231,840.- |
Clearly, with these figures we’ll have to settle for a modest boat, but if we look at the 10-year savings, we could get a boat around CHF 60,000, fix it up with another CHF 15,000, and travel for 3 years – not bad, right?
Or alternatively, we could settle for a boat around CHF 40,000, do a refit with CHF 10,000, and use the remaining CHF 100,000 to travel for 4 years.
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