Last night, I gave up $100 worth of my time to save $10.
In other words, I paid a $90 dumb tax.
Here’s how…
I wanted buffalo wings for my cheat meal.
Wanting to avoid the $10 delivery fee, I ordered for pick up.
When I ordered last week, my food wasn’t ready. After clarifying what app I ordered from and what the order was, she finally found the printout (no, seriously) of the order buried under the cash register.
It hadn’t made it to the kitchen, so I waited 15 more minutes while they actually made my wings.
If I was a smarter man, I would have learned my lesson.
The same thing happened last night, except they had 3 other orders that were printed off and buried, so I had to wait 30 minutes instead of 15.
Sunday nights are for recharging before starting the week.
I value my recharge time at the same hourly rate as my work time.
Even if I don’t use my “aspirational hourly rate”, my time is still worth about $200/hour to me.
That means I sacrificed 30 minutes of my time (or $100) to save 10 bucks.
That’s a NEGATIVE 90% ROT (return on time).
It just goes to show that adopting a “leverage money mindset” requires vigilant upkeep and focus.
Hopefully, I’ve actually learned my lesson and can avoid the $90 dumb tax next Sunday.
