Do you have any tips on saving tips?

I’m new to serving! I’m extremely happy/grateful that I went from 2 years unemployment to taking up any job available and from scrubbing the floors of my restaurant before it opened and bussing to finally being a server.

My question is, how do you go about saving tips while paying bills? I don’t want to be the type that gets the money, and then burns it.

Right now I’m just coming home tallying it all up and putting it onto an envelope. I’ll make a trip to the bank every other Thursday for a deposit and slaughter my bills/debt.

Any useful strategies from your experience, stories?