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If I stopped buying a coffee everyday I could buy so much cool shit
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- SixSigma 10y agoMillennial discovers budgeting Blog post at 11!! I track all of my spending. I spend $0.088 per day on ground coffee, of which I drink 500ml every morning in the week and two extra on Weekend days. That's over £2 per month ! Starbucks sells expensive boiled water.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoTrue. But they actually sell a service, right? We all pay for services and like it. In fact America has been called a 'service economy'. Software folk could be said to be selling electrons or something.
- SixSigma 10y agoMy point being more that reflecting on your outgoings and measuring their value to you is important. And these insights give you benchmarks for your daily life. I can compare the $20 for a single meal eating out against the $9 I otherwise spend per day on home cooked meals. "Is this meal experience worth more than a whole day's regular food?" "Do I get value from the $10 per day I spend on my car?" "Is $400 per month for a leased car reasonable?"
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoGreat way to think of it! I was never a coffee-shop person until my Sister started one. Now I patronize her shop every day. But otherwise I wouldn't think of spending $5/day
- greenyoda 10y ago"So I googled what I could buy for that. It turns out, I could buy a 2002 Mercedes Benz..." So the author figured out that he could stop wasting a little bit of money on coffee every day, but then thought it might be a good idea to waste it all in one shot on a flashy car? Think of all the money he'd have left over if he got a 2002 Toyota Camry instead (assuming he needed a car in the first place).
- JamieAtBud 10y agoThankfully living in London buying a car would be more hassle than its worth.