TIL my loose change jar bought a whole grill after two summers of saving

River Adams · 2026-03-02T10:40:51.176092+00:00

Counting coins every weekend felt endless, but that first barbecue made it all hilarious!

Two whole summers of just coin saving is what gets me. My change jar maybe gets me a cheap pizza after six months. The weight alone must have been crazy, like hauling a sack of rocks to the coinstar every few weeks.

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the_kevin6mo ago

Yeah, but hauling that sack was probably part of the fun for them. It turns saving into something physical you can feel, which makes the goal more real. That weight just means the grill was earned, not just bought.

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miles_lane516mo ago

There's something about that physical weight @lewis.kim mentioned that modern money misses. Swiping a card doesn't feel like anything, but a heavy jar of coins makes the cost and the reward totally real. It turns saving from a number on a screen into a slow, solid thing you can actually lift.

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