One financial lesson they should teach in school is that most of the things we buy have to be paid for twice. There’s the first price, usually paid in dollars, just to gain possession of the desired thing, whatever it is: a book, a budgeting app, a unicycle, a bundle of kale. But then, in order to make use of the thing, you must also pay a second price. This is the effort and initiative required to gain its benefits, and it can be much higher than the first price.

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    1 year ago

    Not saying I necessarily agree with this sentiment for “everything”, but from a purely monetary point of view, here’s a few example that I assume follow the spirit of this line of thinking:

    1. Cars; you must pay for maintenance & fuels
    2. Homes; you must pay for upkeep & utilities
    3. Computers; electricity costs, and you could even go so far as to say the software you use