Oh man, that's the worst! My buddy was obsessed with this one site that archived old radio jingles. He went to show me this weird cereal ad from the 70s one day, and poof, the whole thing was just gone. He was so bummed, said it felt like a little piece of history just got erased. We looked everywhere but never found a trace of it again. It's so strange when a whole corner of the internet just vanishes like that.

I opened a separate online savings account at a different bank than my main one. Every Friday, $75 gets moved over automatically so I never even see it. Out of sight, out of mind. It adds up to $300 a month without me having to make a choice. I still keep a small fun money budget so I don't feel totally restricted. The key for me was making the saving automatic and then forgetting that account exists.

Yeah @butler.shane, I feel that. My own stuff went from zero to a hundred real fast, and I was just sitting there like an idiot who missed all the signs. It's funny how you can totally misread a situation until it blows up in your face. Makes you wonder what else you've written off too soon, you know? Guess I need to work on my patience, or at least my ability to spot the crazy before it starts.