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2023 Vision Board

Turn Your Resolution into a Revolution

New Year’s resolutions feel good to make, but there’s a smarter way to change. Upsider Anna shares her secret to really saving.

Anna Spargo-Ryan

Anna Spargo-Ryan

the Up pigs swimming, playing tennis and living their best summer life

23 Easy Ways to Save This Summer

Here’s the Up team’s best – easy – tips to find a little extra $ left in your beach bag when the sun finally sets on summer.

Up

Up

How to Save for a Baby

Truth is, no one ever plans perfectly for a baby. Sometimes we don’t even get the option to try. Here's an Up team member's take on what you can control, and how you can prep your space and your Savers to meet the new arrival.

Anne Shea

Anne Shea

Zap impulse spending

How to stop impulse spending

Dodge like a ninja. Save like a shark. Whether your financial demons are delivery apps or deeper struggles, here’s our best tips for curbing the impulse to spend.

Up

Up

Introducing Locked Savers

Locked Savers: Savings Self-Defence

Up’s introducing a handy substitute for willpower. Chuck a lock on your hard earned, and focus on what you really want.

Evan Simmonds

Evan Simmonds

Ollie and a Zap brain

A Beautiful, Chaotic Machine: ADHD & Money Management

Let’s map Up to better suit your own personal brain magic. Here’s a little inspiration from Upsider Ollie.

Ollie

Ollie

A throne surrounded by envelopes of cash

The Envelope Queen: Setting Up Cashless Cash Envelopes

Love packets of cash... but not actual cash? Here’s how one Upsider digitised ‘envelope stuffing’ with Up.

Emma Nugent

Emma Nugent

A field of dreams

Wish Farming: How To Save Money with Up

Want more things than your dollars can buy? Try this story on for size.

Anne Shea

Anne Shea

Zap and a partner cruising

Starting out right with 2Up

Our guide to levelling up your new life together.

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Up

Zap reading a map

How to start saving (from the very beginning) with Up

If saving money doesn’t come naturally to you, you’re not alone. We’re here to start at the beginning. No spreadsheets. No stress. Just Up.

Up

Up