Spend Money Where You Spend the Most Time

Hi Tiffany!
3 min readMay 12, 2019

I come from an upper middle-class Chinese family. My dad gets paid a 6-digit salary working as a software engineer and my mom collects monthly rent from tenants.

Even though they both could afford to splurge, they hold back whenever they see the price tag.

For rice. For pillows. For kitchen equipment. For office chairs.

I’m not sure if it’s Chinese culture or if they personally just like to save up, but they never buy the best of things they use most. Which, to me, is a bit impractical.

Because if you have the money, why not maximize the usefulness of your dollar and spend it on things you do most?

A more comfortable pillow gives you longer, deeper sleep.

A better pan makes your food tastier.

A nicer office chair helps you focus longer at work.

In the end, it all pays off. When you work more efficiently and enjoy a more comfortable lifestyle, you accomplish a LOT more.

Let me use myself as an example to illustrate what I mean.

I write on my phone for 6 hours, which comes down to 37.5% of my waking day. And usually, Notes is my #1 platform to whipping up good stories.

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Hi Tiffany!

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