It seems everyone here already implicitly understands how much value our free time has, however I would suggest using this Free-Time Value Calculator from Clearer Thinking which uses several thought experiments to further prime and clarify your intuitions into one central Free-Time Value. It also has several suggestions for Time-Savers at the very end depending on your Free-Time Value Estimate. If you take it feel free to share! I’ve had several friends (EA and otherwise) take it and find it fascinating, but put spoilers on your comment to prevent people from anchoring to your value. I made a google spreadsheet calculating the value of different time saving options, I can’t seem to find it now but let me know if you’d like it.
As for specific and semi-surprising time savers I recommend:
Looking up food delivery options. We tried out Dumpling, but then settled with a food pickup option from Fred Meyer that is free!
Youtube premium. Saves me at least 15-60 minutes per month. And I would argue the moments of watching those commercials are actually negative utility making a youtube premium account even more valuable.
Soylent. Just bought it today. We will see.
Also consider paying more for a parking spot, either at work, or in my case at my apartment. We spend an estimated 3-5hrs per month looking for parking at my apartment between my girlfriend and I, and a 60$ parking spot is very worth it.
ALSO. Thank you for this post! My girlfriend and I have made several time-saving updates after reading this and all the comments. The time this post has saved me is… a lot.
It seems everyone here already implicitly understands how much value our free time has, however I would suggest using this Free-Time Value Calculator from Clearer Thinking which uses several thought experiments to further prime and clarify your intuitions into one central Free-Time Value. It also has several suggestions for Time-Savers at the very end depending on your Free-Time Value Estimate. If you take it feel free to share! I’ve had several friends (EA and otherwise) take it and find it fascinating, but put spoilers on your comment to prevent people from anchoring to your value. I made a google spreadsheet calculating the value of different time saving options, I can’t seem to find it now but let me know if you’d like it.
As for specific and semi-surprising time savers I recommend:
Looking up food delivery options. We tried out Dumpling, but then settled with a food pickup option from Fred Meyer that is free!
Youtube premium. Saves me at least 15-60 minutes per month. And I would argue the moments of watching those commercials are actually negative utility making a youtube premium account even more valuable.
Soylent. Just bought it today. We will see.
Also consider paying more for a parking spot, either at work, or in my case at my apartment. We spend an estimated 3-5hrs per month looking for parking at my apartment between my girlfriend and I, and a 60$ parking spot is very worth it.
ALSO. Thank you for this post! My girlfriend and I have made several time-saving updates after reading this and all the comments. The time this post has saved me is… a lot.