I saved over $17,000 last year thanks to a 2-part strategy that works

Jessie Casson/DigitalVision/Getty I have a two-part strategy for saving money that helped me save more than $17,000 last year. I didn't do it by cutting costs mercilessly and living on rice and beans to pinch pennies. I also didn't get any kind of significant windfall. I save for retirement by contributing a portion of my pretax salary to my 401(k), and I save for current goals by making automatic deposits into a high-yield savings account. See Business Insider's picks for the best high-yield sa...