Five years ago my wife was pregnant so we started making plans for her to be off work for a bit. We’re a two income family by necessity not by choice (school loans suck), so we had to get a forbearance on some loans as well as put some money away into savings. Things went smoothly and Tonia was able to take 6 months off to spend with Tanner after he was born. It was invaluable.
As part of the savings process I wrote a check to myself for $300 that I never cashed. It simply sat in a drawer and was erased from our checking account balance. Virtually. In reality it was still in there.
So when Tonia went back to work, and our finances were back to normal, I still had a $300 check sitting in a drawer. I ripped it up and now have $300 in my checking account that doesn’t show up when I look at the bottom line of my register. I just love having that little security blanket in there when times are tight.
Do you have any financial quirks?
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