Every dollar you save is a little bit of freedom you’re buying for later you.

Money kept is not only money; it is the ability to say no later. A small balance turns a bad job into a job you can leave and a bad living situation into one you can exit. Saving looks like restraint in the moment and reads as options in hindsight.

Start with an amount so small it is boring, and move it the same day money arrives rather than at the end of the month. Give the account a name that reminds you what it is for. Watching it grow slowly is the whole point.