On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 10:27 AM Christopher A Kantarjiev via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote:
After much faffing about at the beginning, the rule became "throw twenty > dollar bills at the bill until it goes away!". The finer print: if you feel > like you paid too much last week, be a little slower this week. > > This was ... a revelation to me. It completely changed my attitude around > this kind of problem, and somewhat around money in general - from an > attitude where every penny mattered to realizing that the pennies, and a > few dollars, didn't really matter at all. > > I was, I admit, at a point where a few dollars *didn't* matter. But I > hadn't shifted my mental model to realize this. > Very interesting thought. The most thought-provoking part is "changing your mental model" which resonated with me, because the mental model which causes this to be an issue in the first place is "Am I being taken advantage of?" (which is completely different from "Can I afford this?" which requires a separate thread, I think.) It is instructive that I have had at least 2 teetotal members of this list tell me explicitly on multiple occasions that they don't mind being part of an equal split - because they view it as part of the deal for the company. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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