We were taught how to save money as children.

Today I was thinking about why some people don't know how to invest and why some people are so good at investing money. After thinking about it for a long time, I got my answer.
Some of us were taught how to invest in an informal way. Kudus to our parents. I could remember when I was a child, my mom had what was called a piggy bank. She's someone who sells goods. So in this piggy bank, my mom always puts money inside, no matter how small it might be.

I remembered everything she does. We were watching as kids. Anytime we have visitors or she notices we have excess money, she always says, You better keep that money just in case you need it someday. My mom isn't someone who spends money anyhow; she will definitely keep it even though she has enough money. Well, no one really understands anything then, because I always ask myself why she would be saving all this money when she already has enough. But then, what do I know?

Before you know it, one day my big sister also went to the market to buy a piggy bank. It was funny to me, but she said she needed money for Christmas and the end of the year. So she needs to start saving.
Of course, my sister started saving just like my mom does. After saving so many times, she broke her piggy bank and had a lot of money for Christmas and the New Year. It all looked like magic to me until I realized I needed a piggy bank too. Well, the advance of technology is not that much to the extent that we would know well about how to invest anything. I bought the piggy bank and started investing honestly. I was only copying what my parents and my siblings were doing; I never knew it'd be something that would help me in the future. The day I opened my piggy bank, I was so excited, and that was the first time I would know anything about savings. My mom doesn't sit us down to teach us about it; she shows us with actions.
My first laptop was bought with the money I saved.

Now here is the moral of this lesson: As parents, everything started at home, either formally or informally. We watch whatever our parents do, and that is what we reciprocate when we are on our own.
I learned a lot of things from my parents about savings; even when she needs some money that is not that important, she will never open the piggy bank, and that is called discipline. Some people don't have patience; they invest today and leave tomorrow. Well, there's a bigger difference between investment and savings.
We forget that there's something called emergency funds, something you will need as soon as possible. Imagine you do not have savings or know where to get them.
Have a clear target and be disciplined about it. Investments and savings are pretty good. I could remember my mom doing calculations on everything she's selling every night to know if there's a gain or loss.

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