<prompt> Human: About two years ago, I got a new job and was finally able to make more money than I needed to get by. Having not that much in savings maybe a small emergency fund, I decided to have a portion of my paycheck automatically deposit into my savings account, to guard against firingjob changezombie-pocalypse.At first, given that I wasnt going to be making that much more than before, I though maybe 200 a month was all I could afford to bank. Then, I thought, well maybe 500. If I lived responsibly, I could probably bank 500 a month. When it came time to enter it online, I got impulsive and thought, why not go all out. I set up to deposit 500 per paycheck 1000 a month into my savings account. I knew Id need some of that money each month, but I thought Id try to stretch myself to save as much of it as possible.Now, after two years, Ive been able to pay for all of my trips 2 vacations, 2 X-mas trips home with cash, buy some larger electronics iPad, Wii, Flat Screen TV with cash, and still have 12,000 more in savings than when I started. I probably have to transfer some over to checking every other month, but lord knows having to make that extra step have given me pause more than once. If I had to transfer money INTO savings, Id probably have less than half of what I have now, but something about it appearing there reminds me that its where that money belongs.tl;dr - Set up automatic deposit into your savings account for more than you think you can handle. Everything might go better than expected.  <response>: I approve of this message. 