8/16/2017:
Many of us start out with an employer, trading our time for their money. It is important to develop the habit of saving early, for example saving a dime out of every dollar earned. This is not for a specific item, not for retirement or any other savings goal. It’s simply to develop the habit of saving, postponing spending or delaying gratification. All saving is really delayed spending; that money will be used later. Using automation and/or direct deposit to move the saved money to a separate bank account that is harder to access helps with the understanding that this money is separate. Next, we give the money a job; putting it to work in order to obtain a specific future item.