💬 Started saving 2,000 rupees a month and it finally stuck

I've tried saving money maybe 5 times in my life. Every attempt lasted about 6 weeks. The plan was always the same. Transfer whatever's left on the 30th. Nothing was ever left. On the 30th I'd look at my account and wonder where it went. Biryani, mostly. Petrol too. And a pair of white shoes I wore twice. I won't say which shop they came from. In January I set up a monthly auto transfer for 2,000 rupees on the 5th. The bank guy at the branch did it in 10 minutes. I didn't have to do anything. That's the whole thing. The money moves before I see it. I can't spend what I never saw. Some months I feel it. Once I had to borrow 300 from my sister near the 28th. 10 months in and I've got 20,000 saved. It's not a lot. My mother laughed when I told her. She said, I used to save 5 rupees a day in a tin. I asked how much she had. She said, enough for your school books and your first bag. She didn't say anything else about it. I told her I'd keep going. She nodded and went back to cutting onions. I won't pretend it changed my life. I still check my balance 3 times a week. But last month my phone screen cracked, and I paid for it without panicking. First time ever. I said, oh, I have that. Out loud, in the shop. The repair guy looked at me. Anyone else here done something like this? Did you stick with it, or did it fade out?

Biryani and white shoes worn twice, I recognised my own bank statement there. I started with 1,000 on the 1st of the month last year and moved up to 2,500 in April. Taking it out before it reaches my account is the only reason it worked. Did you tell anyone about the transfer? I told only my sister, and she checks every month.

Different thing for me, but same idea. This year I started fixing small stuff at home myself. Leaking tap, a loose door hinge, the fan regulator. YouTube and a 600 rupee toolkit from Amazon. I've saved maybe 4,000 rupees in plumber and electrician visits. And I've only flooded the bathroom once. My grandmother calls me engineer now. I'm not an engineer.