52-Week Savings Challenge Tracker — 3 Difficulty Levels

The 52-week challenge works because week 1 is embarrassingly easy and the habit does the heavy lifting. The printable versions fail for a dumber reason: one fixed difficulty, forward order only, and a chart that cannot add. Pick the wrong level in January and the chart is in a drawer by March. This tracker runs the challenge properly — three difficulty levels from a single setting, forward or reverse order, and totals that only count money you actually moved.

What it does for you:
– Three difficulty levels, one setting — Level 1: $1 base, saves $1,378 in the year. Level 2: $2 base, saves $2,756. Level 3: $5 base, saves $6,890. Set the base on Start Here and every target in the workbook recalculates (the samples run Level 2).
– Forward or Reverse — Forward is the classic (small weeks first, growing all year). Reverse front-loads the big weeks while January motivation is fresh and shrinks them all year — same total, kinder December. One word on Start Here flips every target.
– Challenge Tracker — all 52 weeks with dates: Target Amount, your Saved? tick, Amount Saved, Running Total and % of Goal, all calculated. The running total counts only weeks you marked Yes — it cannot be flattered.
– Progress & Milestones — the three levels priced side by side (year total, weekly average, biggest and smallest week) so the level choice is an informed one, plus quarter milestones (weeks 13/26/39/52) that flip to REACHED when every week up to the mark is saved.
– Dashboard — challenge total, saved so far, % complete, weeks done and the final week’s date at a glance.
– Expense Log & Monthly Budget — a zero-based budget with a Savings Transfer category, so the weekly save is funded on purpose.
– Sample rows pre-filled (Level 2, Forward, weeks 1–10 saved = $110 banked, 4.0% complete) so every formula works the moment you open it; formula cells are locked (password disclosed in Start Here) and every formula is error-wrapped. A tracking tool, not financial advice.

What’s inside (.xlsx, works in Excel AND Google Sheets): Start Here · Challenge Tracker (all 52 weeks) · Progress & Milestones (3 levels compared) · Expense Log · Monthly Budget (zero-based) · Dashboard · Monthly Summary (12 months).

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