Managing your Errands (lifestyle-related)
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This is about doing your laundry, iron clothes, going to the bank, checking your tire pressure, oil check, the occassional dental/vision check-up, paying bills on time, preparing a b-day present for somebody, buying that ____ that you've been putting off, budgeting your money....
Is it just me or do errands on the weekends just increase as we get older?! I guess that's why rich folks have maids?
Alright, lemme go back to doing errands now....
Is it just me or do errands on the weekends just increase as we get older?! I guess that's why rich folks have maids?
Alright, lemme go back to doing errands now....
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Analysis of expenses will reveal startling blind spots in your spending habits, that will lead to cutting the clutter from your life, which leaves funds to pay peeps to do that laundry n ironing chore, and therefore an increase in Yuichi time.
Birthdays and non-monthly car expenses should be considered in a separate 'annual' budget, that can be simply mitigated by a monthly amount put away for that purpose.
And: Declutter the birthday/Xmas list. People understand today's economic pressures. And if they don't? They go on the parasite list. I'm only spending on kids these days.
I try to as much as possible.
It definitely does come down to managing your money....I probably could use a lil mo dough.
That was my first thought.
I plug all this shit into my iphone as weekly or daily reminders. Every Wednesday at 8pm I get a reminder to clean the cat box and take out the trash for Thursday pickup. I don't have to go to the bank anymore, now that I can take photos of my checks with my phone. I have medication reminders twice a day to get rid of the flu/bronchitis/pneumonia that I've had for 36 days. Another reminder to turn the work phone on at 10am. I do annual reminders for birthdays and set them to remind me one week in advance. Dental visits get scheduled 8 months after when I leave the last appointment and I put a reminder in my phone. I get groceries on my 30 minute lunch break at work and put them in the work fridge until I'm ready to go home. I generally jusk ask SIRI to set the reminders for me.
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Eventually, after doing the same stuff at the same time, it becomes a habit. I also got a wife so we can split all this stuff in half.
That being said, I'm still pretty poor with managing my free time, but scheduling all the regular chores leaves me feeling better about the free time I waste.
They're not working
DONE.
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