@Porwest 20 September 2021 more from that month

Today, reading through many posts from other users sorry that they did not have money available to buy into today's dips, serves as a lesson that we all should be setting aside a little here and a little there so that when opportunity strikes, we can seize it and grow our stashes bigger when it is practical to do so. Nobody can time the market. So it is not worth trying. But missing an opportunity is no good either. Especially if we think that opportunity offers greater value down the road. I keep a couple of coin jars around and fill them often. I rarely use the change inside them. Between the silver coins and the pennies the coins are worth around $400. The money inside the jars is not what's important. The idea that putting aside a penny here, and a nickel there, and a dime there, and a quarter there eventually adds up to enough money to actually be able to do something with it when the times comes that you want to is what's important. Pennies add up. Small change adds up. You don't need to set aside $5 here and $20 there. Just set aside a few pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters here and there, and let them stack up. And when an opportunity strikes—you will never be without the opportunity to seize it.