Value: The Most Important Thing To Think About

When Spending Money, Writing on Medium (And In Life)

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Value is a concept that just recently I came to understand.

Before the pandemic, I used to spend a good amount of money at my favourite coffee shop chain on my way to work almost every day, always when I was in a rush or already late. I didn’t even have time to enjoy my expensive cup of coffee.

After the pandemic, they launched a monthly subscription for £20 per month, and that became the reason I left my house every day, showered and got my 10,000 steps done.

Then I learned, you can spend less money on something and get more value for it.

I know it sounds simple and even stupid to not know that. But this is more than something I acknowledge now.

This has sunk into my core.

This is part of who I am now.

I was spending almost 80% less while enjoying my cups of coffee with more pleasure. I was also able to relate my coffee drinking with two other healthy habits: showering during a pandemic every day and going for long walks every day.

When we are spending money thinking about how much value that purchase is going to bring to…