My strategy when I graduated college was to keep up the broke college student lifestyle and get out of debt as quickly as possible. I had a decent truck at the time, and got a good job. Then I did two things. I opened an investment account for hunting. And I poured cash into my debt.
At first, I put $50-$100 a month into the investment account. Over time that has increased. I bought a few stocks, and learned about investing. I am hardly good at stock picking, but I've done fine.
I got married and lucked into a wife that was financially sound with a good job, and great saving habits. She is also like me with regard to things. Buy things that are good quality and get the job done, but luxury is overrated. Experiences are worth far more to us. We are debt free, and will keep it that way.
My hunting fund has taken us to Alaska, Africa, Asia, and all over the west. Some of those weren't hunts, but that's fine. It just took us to Alaska again this year to spend two weeks there with my parents seeing the sights, and doing a bit of fishing. And to stay on topic, I have hunted sheep twice and will do so at least once more.
I give the same advice to everyone. Get an account to save in that is hard to get to. Then start at $10 a week. Most people can do that. That's one lunch a week. When you have some cash in there, invest it in something simple. Keep doing that. It's amazing how it will grow, and then you have some fun money. Where folks get sideways is when they only save in one way for everything. Then the house bills take up the spare cash, etc. Spread it out and designate accounts to certain things. Non-essentials don't get as much input as essentials, but that's fine. At some point, you'll get to go on that trip, and probably a few more.
Jeremy