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Inspired by the book Digital Minimalism, I want to help you get value from your online minutes.

The "Less Time" email will be your monthly-ish summary of what happens here at But Wait There's Less. One email. All the info. Done.

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Your Money or Your Life

Which is more important? Our money or our life? So why do we trade away so much of our life? Vicki Robin's classic book takes an in-depth look at how we can have a better relationship with money. Here are some of my highlights, though there's so much more great value in the book. I found it so inspirational after reading the foreword and the first chapter. While the backbone of the book is a 9-step plan, there are two concepts that really stand out - even if you never start the plan. One is the idea of "life energy" and our "real hourly wage". The other is the point of enough. Life Energy What is money? Vicki Robin comes to the conclusion that it is a form of life energy. It might sound a bit new-age, but it's like the old business saying "time is money". We exchange our time, and our physical and mental energy to get this thing called money. So when we use it we are effectively spending our life. The exchange rate Spending money is almost like...

Where is the best place to live?

Where we live determines a lot about our life. So today I'm going to share a resource that can help you decide where might be a good place to live. It started with an article ranking Brisbane suburbs from 1 to 260 . That ranking was based on a set of 17 factors. Here are some of them. But all 17 may not be relevant for you. And some might matter more than others. So they developed a tool where you can rank the 5 factors most important to you and it will give you a personalised list of Brisbane suburbs that would be the best for you - based on those factors. There are also Sydney and Melbourne versions. On the results page, there's also a map that colour-codes each suburb by star rating, for each factor. For instance here's the map for public transport. Five-star suburbs are in blue. When you click on a suburb, you get the name and the star rating of that suburb - for whichever factor you select. I find this to be so enlightening. I choose not to own a car. Some...

Time and How to Spend It

Why does time feel so scarce? Maybe we're not spending it as well as we could. James Wallman offers helpful strategies for improving our leisure time, in his book Time and How to Spend It . Why don't we like leisure? The happiness course I took included a study where researchers measured people's happiness at work and at home. Surprisingly, it seemed that people were often happier at work. Part of the explanation was that at work we are trained, doing tasks that challenge us and (hopefully) achieving goals. At home we flick channels hoping for something better than when we checked 10 minutes ago. But who wants to work more? Free time is scarce enough already. Isn't it? Why are we so time-poor? James gives seven reasons why we are time-poor. Reason 1 is that we now earn so much, so are more tempted to trade away more of our free time. Reasons 2 to 6 relate to digital devices (see my review of Digital Minimalism ). Reason 7 is the basis of the rest of the bo...

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