Predicting what you’ll use your savings for assumes you... - Deepstash

Predicting what you’ll use your savings for assumes you live in a world where you know exactly what your future expenses will be, which no one does. Few financial plans that only prepare for known risks have enough margin of safety to survive the real world.

In fact, the most important part of every plan is planning on your plan not going according to plan.

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