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I take it you never socialise out or travel? I spend really little as well, not much more than you and a lot of it is transport (I simply cannot remain always i
by muyuu 13y ago
I take it you never socialise out or travel? I spend really little as well, not much more than you and a lot of it is transport (I simply cannot remain always in London, it's depressing not to ever change a bit).
In my day-to-day I spend probably a similar amount, but there are expenditures every now and then, over the years.
Anyway, well done. I lived a similar lifestyle long ago, but it wasn't in London. Good luck with the startup!
PS: the council tax cut is not a generalisable condition and while you're in London, you're pretty far away from the centre. I guess most people living within zones 1 and 2 under £40K must be heavily on benefits, or I simply cannot fathom how do they live.
- buro9 13y agoWe go to gigs occasionally, and some comedy and theatre. But we're choosy and set limits on how much things are worth to us. We see mainly indie music, and that can be done cheaply enough. Comedy is local. Theatre is always the cheap seats and special deals. We're also both very well travelled, holidays abroad are the only thing that have majorly suffered by the PhD and startup. But we view that as a temporary thing, a few years at most... that said, the startup took me to San Francisco a few months ago (flights and accommodation paid), and conferences take my girlfriend to Europe occasionally (scholarships cover these). So we have sacrificied overseas vacations together for a couple of years, but we haven't experienced a substantial hit on travel overall. There are just cost efficient ways to do everything. When YC talk about what people have hacked, and others talk about relentless resourcefulness... I think it shouldn't just be a startup or work, life is ripe for the taking too.