I began a few side hustles after I lost my job A couple of months after I was fired, I started refurbishing furniture and taking people's dating profile pictures — things I still do now.

For Jimenez, the timing of her no-spend challenge was especially difficult. "I did this challenge the month of my husband's birthday," she says.

Savings challenges are often designed around pay cycles, so a biweekly money-saving challenge requires you to put money away every two weeks — or for your next 26 paychecks. Here are some biweekly ...

Find out which money saving challenge may be the right choice to help you achieve your financial goals.

I did a low-spend challenge for one month. It saved me more than $600 on eating out, but impulse purchases were harder to curb.

With the 52-week money challenge, learn how to save more than $1,000 by starting small and finishing strong.

Try This 6-Month Savings Challenge Having an achievable goal with an end date is a totally manageable way to save.

Steep price gains like these have inspired Frugal February, a month-long challenge to only spend money on necessities.

Also called "low-buy July," the challenge doesn't mean spending no money at all. After all, you can't avoid paying for essentials like housing, food and utilities.

Consider a month-long "money diet" to see just how much your savings add up. Eliza Cross of HappySimpleLiving has been organizing a "January Monthly Diet" for the past six years.