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My first question when considering outsourcing a task is this: is it a chore or a project? A project is some usually non-recurring task in a field that I enjoy
by frankus 14y ago
My first question when considering outsourcing a task is this: is it a chore or a project?
A project is some usually non-recurring task in a field that I enjoy and/or would like to get better at. A chore is some usually recurring task in a field that I either don't enjoy or see no need to improve my skills in.
My advice is to outsource chores (to the extent that you can afford) and prefer a DIY approach to projects (to the extent that you have time).
Chores can usually be outsourced at a profit, since they can often take advantage of economies of scale (e.g. a lawn maintenance service can afford really nice mowers that work even on long or wet grass and that do the work of two or three push-behind mowers).
- maayank 14y agoIt's a good guidance but I think it's more complicated. We would all like to have a zen-like efficiency at all times and do such projects whenever we have free time, but in reality it is usually far from that. I think most people would agree they have a bulk of time where they procrastinate and it would've been more helpful (even on a strict financial level) to just do the chore yourself at that time.