Most money problems come from one bucket doing five jobs. Here is the five bucket framework I use, in order of priority.

Bucket 1, Emergency: 6 months of expenses. Savings account or liquid fund. Touched only for job loss or medical bills. Not for a dip.

Bucket 2, Short goals (under 3 years): the car, the wedding, the Diwali trip. Fixed deposits, debt funds, nothing that can fall 30% in a bad month.

Bucket 3, Long compounding (10 years plus): index funds, SIPs, EPF, PPF. The boring core. It gets the biggest share and the least attention.

Bucket 4, Conviction: Bitcoin, a few stocks you understand, money you can hold through a 50% drawdown without selling. Capped at a percentage you decide in a calm month, not during a rally.

Bucket 5, Play: altcoins, trades, experiments. Sized so that losing 100% of it changes nothing about your life. If it grows, profits move up to bucket 3 or 4, not the other way.

The rule that makes it work: money only flows up the list, never down. Bucket 5 never borrows from bucket 1.

Save this one. Which bucket is doing too many jobs in your life right now?

Education only, not financial advice.

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