Nice clothing (http://www.makeyourownjeans.com/ to get custom-designed jeans that fit really well; http://www.threadless.com/ for graphic t-shirts, etc. Or hire someone to help you design your wardrobe.) Hairstyling products can be fun (if you don’t want to do a lot of reading, maybe just get these two: 12). Also, consider getting a salon haircut; I look way better getting monthly $30 haircuts from a top-rated “men’s haircuts” person on Yelp than I do getting irregular $10 budget haircuts.
However, it seems worth noting that at a certain point you will have purchased all of the low-hanging fruit and it will be harder to improve your quality of life, etc. through additional purchases. I’m also an early 20s computer programmer in SF; most of the items listed above are purchases I made in the past year, and I still had a lot of money left over.
I think a more compelling selfish case for making more money is that you can use it to buy vacations. I’m too unselfish to do this but it sounds like fun.
ETA: I think the approach taken in this thread is a bad one if you’re actually trying to optimize your life. You’re better off starting with goals (e.g. behappy or live long) and work backward from how to achieve them rather than starting with the question of how to get rid of all the money you’re earning. If the best way to achieve your goal seems to require willpower maybe use your money to hire a life coach.
Arbitrary assault is (for most people) much less likely than you instinctively think. If a placebo adjusts your emotional reaction to something more appropriate to the actual risks then it’s a good buy.
Thing is, there’s lots of places in the world to explore that aren’t sketchy. Unless sketch has appeal, why bother taking even a comparatively small risk?
Shrug. If you don’t enjoy going such places then by all means don’t. But my impression is that generally most LWers advocate seeking out “exciting” experiences rather than the safest possible hobbies.
This is pretty cool if it’s legit, but something about it looks a bit sketchy to me. Particularly for the leather stuff; materials cost there is high enough that a $100 leather coat is pretty much automatically suspect. (Lower-quality and reconstituted leather can be that cheap, but they react very poorly to wear.) What’s your experience with the site?
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Nice clothing (http://www.makeyourownjeans.com/ to get custom-designed jeans that fit really well; http://www.threadless.com/ for graphic t-shirts, etc. Or hire someone to help you design your wardrobe.) Hairstyling products can be fun (if you don’t want to do a lot of reading, maybe just get these two: 1 2). Also, consider getting a salon haircut; I look way better getting monthly $30 haircuts from a top-rated “men’s haircuts” person on Yelp than I do getting irregular $10 budget haircuts.
Good for loosening/relaxing back muscles
LW Product & Service Recommendations
Solved the problem where I had to keep sipping water to avoid getting thirsty while falling asleep
Nootropics
Pepper spray so you can explore sketchy parts of SF with impunity
Mobile internet to browse the internet with impunity
However, it seems worth noting that at a certain point you will have purchased all of the low-hanging fruit and it will be harder to improve your quality of life, etc. through additional purchases. I’m also an early 20s computer programmer in SF; most of the items listed above are purchases I made in the past year, and I still had a lot of money left over.
I think a more compelling selfish case for making more money is that you can use it to buy vacations. I’m too unselfish to do this but it sounds like fun.
ETA: I think the approach taken in this thread is a bad one if you’re actually trying to optimize your life. You’re better off starting with goals (e.g. be happy or live long) and work backward from how to achieve them rather than starting with the question of how to get rid of all the money you’re earning. If the best way to achieve your goal seems to require willpower maybe use your money to hire a life coach.
Pepper spray is not a magic force field against arbitrary assault.
Arbitrary assault is (for most people) much less likely than you instinctively think. If a placebo adjusts your emotional reaction to something more appropriate to the actual risks then it’s a good buy.
Thing is, there’s lots of places in the world to explore that aren’t sketchy. Unless sketch has appeal, why bother taking even a comparatively small risk?
Shrug. If you don’t enjoy going such places then by all means don’t. But my impression is that generally most LWers advocate seeking out “exciting” experiences rather than the safest possible hobbies.
This is pretty cool if it’s legit, but something about it looks a bit sketchy to me. Particularly for the leather stuff; materials cost there is high enough that a $100 leather coat is pretty much automatically suspect. (Lower-quality and reconstituted leather can be that cheap, but they react very poorly to wear.) What’s your experience with the site?
I have no personal experience with that site, but that’s mostly because reddit’s /r/malefashionadvice thinks they’re terrible.
They are correct. I bought some jeans from them early in my fashion development and they’re not very good. /r/malefashionadvice is great though.