Do you quantify non-essential purchases by figuring ‘x-hours of work = amount of money for purchase’?
Do you quantify non-essential purchases by figuring 'x-hours of work = amount of money for purchase'? This is something I do in my head when discussing purchases with my wife or looking at something non-essential I'd like to buy. Like, "Is getting my son a new baseball bat really worth $300? That would take me roughly 4 hours of work pre-tax to make." In the above example I generally say "no, it's not worth 4 hours of my time" but getting a clea...