At the grocery store
For instance, Anders said in his interview that he did a lot of math when he was at the grocery store. He always made sure to receive a few pennies in change. “I would never spend a penny just like that,” he said. “I’d rather break bills into loose change than spend pennies or nickels,” he said. And that good habit ultimately worked out well for him!
Now that may all sound very reasonable. Putting in a little effort for a collection you care deeply about, that’s not crazy, is it? But what if someone told you that with all that little money you could amass an even bigger sum if you were willing to say goodbye to your pennies? Would you say yes? It may sound bizarre, but this was a choice that Anders had to make fairly early on in his collection.
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