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title: You Can Save for Retirement While Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck
description: Saving is easier than you think, explains legendary personal finance journalist Jane Bryant Quinn.
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![Screen Shot 2016-03-28 at 10.15.37 AM](https://img.money.com/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-28-at-10-15-37-am.png)

When personal finance journalist [Jane Bryant Quinn](http://janebryantquinn.com) was in her 20s, she didn't think she could save for retirement because she was living paycheck-to-paycheck. Then Jane, author of [*How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide*](http://janebryantquinn.com/janes-books/), got some good advice from a colleague, who told her to just start saving. So she had money automatically deducted from her paycheck and deposited into her company's retirement savings plan. She was still living paycheck-to-paycheck, but she was saving for retirement, too. She didn't miss the money. And that leads her to the best financial advice she would give someone today.

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