Putting away the coins

I once read (or heard) a tip to save money, which is to put away your coins balances. For example, I brought RM5 to lunch and spent only RM4.50. I should keep away the 50 cent instead of putting it back in the wallet to be spent the next day. Sounds petty and small? I disagree. I believe in the adage ‘look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves’ or in our case ‘look after the cents, and the ringgits will look after themselves’.

Since then, I have been putting away my coins, with the help of my two young ones! About once a week, I’ll get them to dunk the coins in their respective Tabung Haji replica. They love it. At first Adik was prone to putting the coins in her mouth, but after several sessions she understood what she was supposed to do with them. Do they think of it as just another ‘shape-sorting/put-in-the-box’ activity? Well, I hope it will instil some ‘mari menabung feel’ for them. Hopefully, they will associate coins/duit with tabung/menyimpan. In any case, the coins saved will go into their education fund :) Sikit sikit lama lama jadi bukit..