Back in the day, you could spend three hours trying to hook up your Nintendo to the old TV with rabbit ears – or just ask Billy, your tech-savvy friend to come do it in five minutes.
Fast forward to your 40s and 50s and it’s just a grown up version of the DIY decision process—sometimes your time is worth way more than the money you’d save.
If you’re billing $50 an hour at work and it takes you three messy hours to save $30, you’ve actually lost money and a Saturday.
The real trick is knowing which battles to fight: fixing a running toilet saves you hundreds and takes twenty minutes, while rewiring your house could literally kill you.
Think of your time like those precious blank VHS tapes—you’ve only got so many.
Bottom line: being smart with money sometimes means paying someone else so you can spend your time on things that actually make a difference.
How Much is Your Valuable Time Worth? The DIY vs. Pay Dilemma
