You’ll never manage to save enough for a house or a car by saving up your coins in a piggy bank. But sometimes a lot of little bits can add up to quite a lot.
What have you been glad that you saved up for?
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Piggy Bank indeed. Where some of us first learned to put money “away” for a future want or need. One wonders in the day of credit card logos on nearly every commercial doorway or ad, easy quick direct payment plans, and strong encouragement to use “Platinum” or other worthiness level credit classifications, whether there is still much if any deferred gratification. Fortunately (pardon the pun) there is much emphasis on the time value of money – perhaps the best practice of Piggy Bank thrift.
I surprised myself years ago regarding my financial state soon after my retirement. During about 18 years of employment at my last job, I purchased a small US Bond each month when I deposited my check, not really thinking of a specific use for it. When the bonds matured 20 years later, I discovered that I had a cozy nest egg to use for international travel. Not much foresight, I’ll admit, and in some ways a bit embarrassed that I really didn’t know what the government was using “my , money” for, but it turned many of my retirement years into great pleasure for me.