{"id":10101,"date":"2017-08-14T08:55:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T12:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=10101"},"modified":"2021-12-03T17:10:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T17:10:58","slug":"which-possessions-should-you-spend-the-most-money-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/which-possessions-should-you-spend-the-most-money-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Which possessions should you spend the most money on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='et-box et-tick'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b class=\"takeaway\">Takeaway:<\/b> If you&#8217;re frugal but want to splurge once in a while, look at how you spend the majority of your time, and buy things that support those activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong class=\"readingtime\">Estimated Reading Time:<\/strong> 1 minutes, 27s.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10102 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/money-money-money-1241634-1280x960-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest money mistakes you could make is that as you make more money, you begin to spend more money. As someone who&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">super cheap<\/span> frugal, I&#8217;m always on the prowl for ways to save money\u2014but at the same time, I occasionally treat myself along the way.<\/p>\n<p>A strategy I&#8217;ve used recently with a lot of success, is looking at where I spend the most time, and buying things that support those activities.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in an average week I spend quite a bit of time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working out of my home office;<\/li>\n<li>Traveling;<\/li>\n<li>Sleeping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve made sure that most of the new items I\u2019ve bought recently support these three activities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Because I spend so much time writing and conducting research out of my home office, I&#8217;ve invested in a <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/an-ode-to-the-mechanical-keyboard\/\">new mechanical keyboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/is-your-computer-screen-big-enough\/\">a massive computer monitor<\/a> to see several things on screen at once, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fully.com\/desks\/desks-by-brand\/jarvis-desks.html\">a sit\/stand desk<\/a> to mix up how I work. A couple years back, I invested in a nice new laptop.<\/li>\n<li>Because I&#8217;m traveling more for work, I recently bought a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01E3SNO1G\/?tag=aloproductivity-20\">Bose QC35 headphones<\/a> which improve my focus on planes and trains, and also bought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00OQVZDJM\/?tag=aloproductivity-20\">Kindle Paperwhite<\/a>, so I no longer need to cram several books into my carry-on. The Kindle also helps me fill the small time gaps in my schedule\u2014like when I&#8217;m in a taxi or waiting in line at the airport.<\/li>\n<li>Because I spend a third of my day (and life) sleeping, I ponied up to buy fancy new pillows, and a nice sleeping mask to use when I travel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even if, like me, you&#8217;re not one to splurge, it&#8217;s worth treating yourself every once in a while by <strong>spending money on stuff that supports how you already spend your time.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ditch the superfluous\u2014buy what simplifies and supports your daily activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which possessions should you spend the most money on? 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