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The 52-Week Money Program

A full year of money skills — one idea at a time. The 52-Week Money Program is the original Simple Money Playbook series: 52 short, practical lessons that build on each other. Start at Week 1 and go in order, or jump to whatever you need most. Use them for your own life, or to teach a young person in yours.

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All 52 weeks, in order

  1. Week 1 — Future You Is a Real Person · free
  2. Week 2 — The Compounding Secret
  3. Week 3 — Win the First Five Minutes
  4. Week 4 — The Gap Is the Score
  5. Week 5 — Needs First, Then Wants
  6. Week 6 — Your Kid's First Budget
  7. Week 7 — Where Does the Money Go?
  8. Week 8 — The First Job Conversation
  9. Week 9 — Pay Yourself First
  10. Week 10 — Opening the First Account
  11. Week 11 — Allowance vs. Earning
  12. Week 12 — Talking About Money Without Fighting
  13. Week 13 — Quarter Review + Family Money Night
  14. Week 14 — No One Is Coming to Save You (and That's Good News)
  15. Week 15 — Skills Beat Luck
  16. Week 16 — Find the Thing That Pulls at You
  17. Week 17 — The Internet Is a Tool, Not a Trap
  18. Week 18 — Apply It or Lose It
  19. Week 19 — Do the Work Before You're Paid for It
  20. Week 20 — Your Reputation Travels Faster Than You Do
  21. Week 21 — Show Up On Time, Every Time
  22. Week 22 — How to Get a First Job
  23. Week 23 — The First Interview
  24. Week 24 — Be the Employee They Brag About
  25. Week 25 — References Are Currency
  26. Week 26 — Quarter Review: Celebrate the Climb
  27. Week 27 — Time Is Your Superpower · free
  28. Week 28 — Meet Compound Interest (Hands-On)
  29. Week 29 — The Custodial Account Conversation
  30. Week 30 — Boring Wins: Index Funds 101
  31. Week 31 — The 401(k) and "Free Money"
  32. Week 32 — The Trap That Looks Like Help
  33. Week 33 — How a Credit Card Actually Tricks You
  34. Week 34 — "Buy Now, Pay Later" Is the Same Trap
  35. Week 35 — What "Affordable" Really Means
  36. Week 36 — Good Debt, Bad Debt, and the Exit Plan
  37. Week 37 — Student Loans Without the Panic
  38. Week 38 — Credit Scores, Explained Simply
  39. Week 39 — Quarter Review: Money That Grows
  40. Week 40 — Want Less, Win More
  41. Week 41 — Lifestyle Creep
  42. Week 42 — The 30% Breathing Room Rule
  43. Week 43 — The Highlight Reel
  44. Week 44 — What Are You Really Buying?
  45. Week 45 — Borrow Other People's Hindsight
  46. Week 46 — How to Spot Good Advice From Bad
  47. Week 47 — Choose Your Crowd
  48. Week 48 — The Few Expensive Mistakes
  49. Week 49 — Taming the Need to Fit In
  50. Week 50 — The Gift of Giving
  51. Week 51 — Your Kid's First Five-Year Plan
  52. Week 52 — A Letter to Future You

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The whole program — plus every budget recipe — for about $0.83 a month. It pays for itself the first grocery run. Cancel anytime.

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