re: OT Poors - Do you cut grass on weekend or workday?

But it surely takes a lot of stress out of my everyday life leaving me time for my hobbies. I can go for a run after work instead of cleaning the toilets. I can ride my bike on the weekend instead of cutting grass. I'm saving up for retirement well enough. No reason to hate life now.

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Two biggest wastes of money IMO:

Paying someone to cut your grass

Housekeeper

Think of the money spent of the aforementioned over a 25 year span and how it affects your retirement. You'll be astonished as to how much people waste on these two services.

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Depends on what kind of money you make. An attorney who pays a housekeeper $100 a week to clean his house and a yard guy $50 a week to maintain the lawn, and charges clients $300 an hour is making a wise financial decision.

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Two biggest wastes of money IMO:

Paying someone to cut your grass

Housekeeper

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Time is money, bro...and if that time means more time with the family and less stress at the weekend, then that money spent is worth it..

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Two biggest wastes of money IMO:

Paying someone to cut your grass

Housekeeper

Think of the money spent of the aforementioned over a 25 year span and how it affects your retirement. You'll be astonished as to how much people waste on these two services.

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Maybe, but how many less arguments will you have with your wife if neither of you have to clean the house daily?

FWIW, i mow my own grass because i like it. Not so much the weedeating part, but the mowing is fine with me. The payoff is finishing up, walking barefoot in the backyard and opening up a fresh beer and either sitting in the grass or on the deck, admiring your work on a hot saturday/sunday.

We pay for a maid because we both work, have a toddler, and we'd fight daily over who cleaned what if we did it ourselves. We are willing to pay the money for a housekeeper. She's worth it.

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Two biggest wastes of money IMO:

Paying someone to cut your grass

Housekeeper

Think of the money spent of the aforementioned over a 25 year span and how it affects your retirement. You'll be astonished as to how much people waste on these two services.

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My time is more valuable to me than my money.

Letting someone mow my grass for me allows me to spend extra time with my family.

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Think of the money spent of the aforementioned over a 25 year span and how it affects your retirement. You'll be astonished as to how much people waste on these two services.

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So it's better to be miserable for 30-40 years so you can be less miserable for 20? Not saying cutting and cleaning makes everyone miserable, but for many it is a chore, nothing more.

Planning for retirement is a good thing. Sacrificing your life when you are young is not.

As with all things, there is a balance point here where you can plan a retirement and not hate your life now. For example, you can save money and time by alternating weekends with a service.