Cut | Monthly | Yearly | 5 yr FIV | 10 yr FIV |
Excessive Restaurants | 800 | 9,600 | 57,274 | 138,468 |
Carpooling to work | 230 | 2,760 | 16,466 | 39,810 |
Switching to PagePlus | 133 | 1,596 | 9,522 | 23,020 |
Hosting Price Adjustment | 10.00 | 120.00 | 716 | 1,731 |
Sharebuilder Fee | 12.00 | 144.00 | 859 | 2,077 |
Taste of the Wild vs Blue Buffalo | 22.98 | 275.76 | 1,645 | 3,977 |
1,207.98 | 14,495.76 | 86,482 | 209,083 |
There's plenty of people who will debate the pros and cons of stocking up on food.
There's plenty of people who will debate the pros and cons of stocking up on food.
I'm curious what people argue regarding pros and cons of stocking up on food. To me, the biggest pro is being able to ride through spikes in food prices. By watching food prices carefully, we can usually achieve significant savings. Cons are extra cost of electricity to run the deep freeze and cost of materials in which to portion and store bulk food items. Another con is the opportunity cost of having otherwise productive assets invested in a freezer and cupboard full of food. The main challenge is to discipline yourself to actually eat the stocked-up food and not just sit on it. Any other arguments from other mustachians?
Did anyone else notice a paradoxical increase in monthly spending when transitioning to Mustachianism?Yes. Our first 4 months have seen similar increases. Some of the choices you make mean increasing some "upfront" cost and saving on the long term (for us this includes paying a bigger rent after deciding to move close to my job so we wouldn't need a car). We started seeing significant results on the 5th and 6th months.