{"id":2175,"date":"2008-11-18T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T18:44:34","slug":"things-its-cheaper-to-do-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/things-its-cheaper-to-do-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Things it’s cheaper to do yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I’m driving down to my mother’s house this morning to work on her roof. Over the years, the shingles have been overrun with moss, so my cousin and I are going to spend a couple of hours scraping the stuff off.<\/p>\n We could<\/em> hire somebody to clean the roof for us, but this seems like an easy way to save a little money. The entire project reminds of a recent article from Liz Pulliam Weston at MSN Money. Last month, she highlighted five things it’s cheaper to do yourself<\/strong>. Weston writes:<\/p>\n You can make a good argument for hiring out certain tasks because it frees your time or because the person you hire will do a better job. In fact, people have. Author Timothy Ferriss turned the idea of outsourcing your life<\/a> into a best-selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek<\/strong><\/a>. But when money is tight and you’re looking for places to cut, some of the places you’re outsourcing now should get a second look.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here is Weston’s list of five things it’s cheaper to do yourself:<\/p>\n There are other things it’s cheaper to do yourself, such as basic car maintenance, computer maintenance, and tax preparation. You may have to take some time to learn how to solve your problem, but after you’ve done it once, it’s much easier in the future.<\/p>\n The first time I repaired a leaky faucet, it was a frustrating experience. By the third time, I knew what to expect, and actually almost enjoyed myself. And I certainly saved some cash by not having to call a plumber. (But I still don’t think it’s a good idea for me to cut my own hair.)<\/p>\n Have you found that it’s cheaper or more fulfilling to do certain things yourself instead of paying somebody else to do them? At what point does it make more sense to pay to have something done? Are there basic skills that the average person might learn that could pay off repeatedly in the long run?<\/p>\n Photo by Chimothy 27<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/a>I’m driving down to my mother’s house this morning to work on her roof. Over the years, the shingles have been overrun with moss, so my cousin and I are going to spend a couple of hours scraping the stuff off.<\/p>\n We could<\/em> hire somebody to clean the roof for us, but this seems like an easy way to save a little money. The entire project reminds of a recent article from Liz Pulliam Weston at MSN Money. Last month, she highlighted five things it’s cheaper to do yourself<\/strong>. Weston writes:<\/p>\n You can make a good argument for hiring out certain tasks because it frees your time or because the person you hire will do a better job. In fact, people have. Author Timothy Ferriss turned the idea of outsourcing your life<\/a> into a best-selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek<\/strong><\/a>. But when money is tight and you’re looking for places to cut, some of the places you’re outsourcing now should get a second look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[476],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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