Saving money: little kid style

[ScarySquirrel]

Without getting into too many personal details ('cause nobody really gives a shit anyway), I'm in a bit of a financial squeeze without much of a job... like the rest of the world.

Yet, I'm still trying to save some cash. Thing is, I can't stack it away in my bank account(s) 'cause then I know I'll end up using it for other shit. I'm doing it little kid style with an envelope and a secret hiding spot (my fire-proof lockbox in my closet).

Counting my cash the other day, which isn't much, I was smacked with a feeling of nostalgia when I was a kid saving up for my Sega Genesis. I don't even know what I'm saving up for. I'm just saving to try and have something that doesn't feel like it's getting spent on bills and shit.

Anyway, am I the only one that still does it this way? Probably... as it doesn't seem all that smart, honestly. But, hey, it's just a small amount of cash right now anyway - I'm only saving $10 a week. Still - at the end of the year that could be $520. Which, really, isn't all that much either. Damn.

[TAL]

I'm doing that too! The money goes in a little box I built out of cardboard and lots of duct tape.

I got an extra €10 to put in yesterday :)

[jabumbo]

for a while i was putting money away in a separate savings account that i could only withdraw from by physically going to the bank and getting them to print me out a check. i forced myself to take a check over there to deposit every month and it was nice since i knew that account kept going up while i maintained a steady balance in my main account.


i also roll my change periodically, which is sort of the same. the rolls pile up for a while until i deem it enough money to deposit, which is usually that secondary savings. so it really never gets spent unless its an emergency

[Helvete]

I'm doing that too! The money goes in a little box I built out of cardboard and lots of duct tape.

I got an extra €10 to put in yesterday :)


HA! Too bad karma will kill you before you get to spend it.

I wouldn't have enough boxes to put all my money in if it was cash. Unless it was just 1 big box, but then that would be stupid. I should start giving my money away. PM me for money.

[TAL]

for a while i was putting money away in a separate savings account that i could only withdraw from by physically going to the bank

I used to do that too some years ago, but I got lazy. Still have that (now empty) account though.

[-T-]

I have a tip for your finacial situation...MOVE OUT OF MICHIGAN AGAIN!!haha

[ScarySquirrel]

I have a tip for your finacial situation...MOVE OUT OF MICHIGAN AGAIN!!haha
Actually, I'm working on that one, chief. Thanks for the bit o' advice.

[Adam]

I saved about £4k once in less than 18 months when I worked in mortgages. Then I spent it in 18 months after I freaked out and left that job. Good times.

I don't have that amount of money any more. I also don't have a job but I have a couple of empty whisky bottles with change in

[Helvete]

I SAVED 20,000 IN 3 YEARS! YOU CAN DO THIS TOO, JUST FOLLOW MY EASY 28 STEP PLAN AND YOU CAN BE RICH LIKE ME.

Then I spent like 5000.

[Adam]

If you send me £100 I'll tell you how you can make thousands by just using the internet and posting on message boards.