We 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

We 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.