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timmyboyoyo t1_j5kq0rh wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are looking at your phone while stopped at a red light, hold the phone up in front of you rather than looking down at it. You will notice when the light changes and traffic starts moving. by no_username_for_me
If you are driving in a car
#DO NOT LOOK AT PHONE
AlbelaMatwala t1_j5knkrq wrote
Reply to comment by Fun_Amount3063 in LPT- What are some insanely good android apps that people should check out? by Salty_Constant_9878
Least technological illiterate iOS user
timeistheenemy_ t1_j5kmv3b wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
I read this book in high school, and it actually helped me learn that sometimes it's ok to spend money instead of doing everything the hard way. My family was insanely frugal (hence why this book was on our shelf) and it gave me a whole complex around spending money. Like as a teenager in 2012 I was making shirts out of pillowcases from goodwill kind of a complex.
Equating money with time helped me actually break through the guilt I felt and allow myself to spend.
Malalang t1_j5kmd0w wrote
Reply to LPT: If someone in your house likes to burn candles, always lay your car keys by them to remember to put them out before you leave. by [deleted]
Just don't burn candles. They are toxic to humans and the wax buildup inside the home damages the property.
musicmous3 t1_j5km2hj wrote
Reply to comment by random_shitter in LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Yeah, then it's better to calculate per day or per week, and subtract taxes and living expenses like many comments have detailed
RedToiletPoopPain t1_j5klqoc wrote
Reply to LPT: If someone in your house likes to burn candles, always lay your car keys by them to remember to put them out before you leave. by [deleted]
I don't need my keys when I go to bed though, and that's mainly when we forget candles are lit. Good tip for the day though.
Edit: We got keyless locks on the inside due to having to find the keys to lock up before bed, or in an emergency didn't want to be locked in (I can't lock someone in my house for example, even if I wanted to), so I guess for others who needs the keys to lock the inside of the door this is a great idea. I wasn't thinking about others doors needing keys both sides.
keepthetips t1_j5kl7k6 wrote
Reply to LPT: If someone in your house likes to burn candles, always lay your car keys by them to remember to put them out before you leave. by [deleted]
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Mazziezor t1_j5kj67y wrote
Reply to comment by userrnam in LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Pretty sure some of the top comments are exactly the same when it gets reposted too. But that could be my mind playing tricks on me.
brainwater314 t1_j5kj362 wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Also remember that 1 hour of work also has the extra time you need to feed yourself (so 1 hour lunch for 8 hours work), and you need to add the sleep time (you sleep about 1-1 so 8 hours sleep for 8 hours of work) and the down time. A better approximation is just taking the time and multiplying it by 3 or 4, since we work 1/3 of the time, and you can look at the other time in your day as simply supporting and recovering for your work time. Unless you have flexible hours, then you can literally pick up another hour of work to pay for a meal out.
rahsoft t1_j5kicud wrote
mari_gaby t1_j5khwe5 wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Make sure to adjust the hourly amount you make to take out for your cost of living situation
feintplus1 t1_j5kh48a wrote
Reply to comment by Dauoa_Static in LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Easy, just don't progress and keep earning $10 an hour. That's what I do and never spend $500 on food!
JB4-3 t1_j5kgnb2 wrote
There is no point to making a bed, or a top sheet
MetallicGray t1_j5kg32z wrote
Reply to comment by abitdaft1776 in LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
If only we’d skipped the Avocado toast all those years ago.. we could’ve been billionaires too.
Valiant4Funk t1_j5kfqi6 wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Oh good, only two hours of work for this stupid expensive hunting vest that I'll use maybe 5 times a year.
MayorJeb t1_j5kflxn wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Imagine if Americans applied this concept to calories.
workplacetimesuck t1_j5kfdwv wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
Combine with the opportunity cost way of thinking for maximum effectiveness.
chosen2nd t1_j5kf2e8 wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
What I try to do is take it as a whole week pay, so if I make 1,000 for 40 hours and something costs $10 that would be 5.9 hours of my life since there are 168 hours in a week
clichesaurus t1_j5keluu wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
For most men this logic will leave you broke as soon as you enter a strip club
oakteaphone t1_j5kei03 wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
I came here to say that no, this is a bad bit of financial advice.
I'm also surprised to see your source. The book itself has a LOT more detail going into it.
For example, it's easy to justify eating a $20 lunch because that's just 1 hour of work. So you can justify it every day because you're working 7.5 or 10 hours a day or whatever.
That's not how it works.
That $20, you pay taxes on it.
Then you have your mandatory expenses -- rent, utilities, food. Childcare. Healthcare and medications. There might be lots of mandatory things.
After removing all of that, you might be making $5 an hour from that $20/h that was in your contract.
THAT is the figure that you need to be using for these "This $X is worth Y of my time". Not your gross income!
Using your gross income really only works for a PT job in high school when you have no expenses. A lot of people hear or come up with this when they're in that position, but it doesn't hold water when you're an adult with living expenses.
sayracer t1_j5kdypk wrote
Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911
I first started using this when I was debating on buying a video game. Tried it out with a friend and decided $60 isn't so bad if I'm going to get 20-40 hours of time out of it
AzoriumLupum t1_j5kdqdi wrote
I have a cat. The bed is going to get messy the minute I leave for work because she crawls back under the covers and pushes it all to one end in doing so.
Fresh_Pomelo8842 t1_j5kqhy0 wrote
Reply to LPT: If someone in your house likes to burn candles, always lay your car keys by them to remember to put them out before you leave. by [deleted]
OR
forbid them to set foot on your house.
OR
don't buy candles