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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 102 points 3 months ago (15 children)

Put your money where you spend your time. Don't spend money on something if you won't be using it.

You spend a lot of time sleeping, so get a nice, comfortable mattress. Spend a lot of time on your feet at work? Get durable, comfortable shoes/boots, and maybe some nice insoles so you don't limp back to your car from pain. Spend a lot of time playing a F2P video game? Go ahead and buy that DLC or cosmetic item to make it more fun, and support the devs to keep the game going.

The list can go on, but before any non-trivial purchase, I ask myself how much time I will spend using it.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I push people in wheelchairs for a living. I roughly walk 6-10 miles a day. My shoes are 2-3 years old, and literally falling apart.

And I'll keep wearing them until a week AFTER they fall apart! I got duct tape!

[–] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

Ah, you should check out Terry Pratchett. One of his characters in his discworld series had a good theory on this

Vime's boots theory

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