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How to finally start saving money and get rich this year

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Photo: Rupi Xen/ Unsplash By  Chandni Sehgal     MONEY  December 31, 2019  How to finally start saving money and get rich this year Start the new decade on a fresh Rs 2,000 note My idea of money management so far has been shoving spare change into a delightful beer barrel-shaped piggy bank, and convincing myself not to click checkout on another 3 shades of red lipstick. It took 9 years of being gainfully employed and a  terrible  payout from the  PPF  of a 6-year long job for me to realise that I hadn’t really been saving money. Unless I curtailed expenses and actively invested, all I’d have to show at the  end of my career  was a dwindling bank account, way too many post-its and possibly, Carpal tunnel syndrome. So I began to read about FDs, SIPs, LICs, OMGs and WTFs. I found that saving money isn’t just about designating a percent of your monthly paycheque towards a  recurring deposit . At least not according to Binoli Dodhiwala — co-founder and CEO financial firm,  The Money Manager