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A lunch between $15-20 every day is about $4k per year. That's still a large percentage of a person's after tax income even making $100k.

You might want to correct Warren Buffett since he recommends packing your lunch at least 3 days per week.



If you like going to the cafeteria or out to lunch, by all means you should do so if you can afford it. But it's also entirely reasonable not to spend money out of habit. For example, while I may do so when traveling, I have zero interest in getting a daily Starbucks fix.

(I often drive by a local Starbucks which usually has a line of cars around the block getting to go. I have to wonder who these people are who want to wait for 20 minutes or whatever to get their $5 latte at all hours of the day.)


If you make £100,000 then an hour of your time is worth ~£48.

You can get lunch for £10 or less, and cooking at home doesn't cost £0, so unless you are replacing a fancy two course lunch with a made at home sandwith, I dont see you saving over £2k a year.

Warren Buffet is cool and all, but he is not the world's lunch expert


Yeah, but that's not how it works for most people. Because salary does not simply become 50% more if one add 50% more working hours.

You do seem expert in peddling wisdom of internet cliches without even a bit of thinking


Huh? Do you only exist to earn money, not to actually enjoy life and spend time with family?

Surely that time is worth something, or you would commute 4 hours from a hut in the woods


That's an odd argument from the person who defined the value of someones time solely through their work income.


It is not 'solely', it is 'at least' worth that much.




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