I did it. I put in an order for faster internet (15 Mb down, 10 up). In 15 years that will seem laughably slow. It's actually fairly slow for these days, but I'm cheap. We've had 6/0.8 for years now and it's usually seemed "fast enough". Other than uploads, those are never fast enough.
We had ordered Laura a fancy watch. When I was asking Laura if she really wanted it she said something like "Will it make my life better? Yes? Then order it. I don't mind spending money on things that will make my life better". That's a good measure to look at things. Will it make me happier and my life better? Yes.
Today on the bus I overheard someone talking about something they drink. They said "I don't enjoy it. I drink it for health reasons". Sounds like a pretty shitty thing to do to yourself if you don't like something that much. I don't really love veggies, but I at least enjoy them. Especially covered in butter.
Doing an action that will make you live a bit longer, but it being a shitty time, a longer shitty time, doesn't make sense to me. Strategic spending of money to improve your day to day life does.
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