"I want you to really think about the true cost, the terrible waste, of leaving behind $130,000. I’ve already said that **you can think of this money as forgone experiences**—whatever the $130,000 could have bought for Elizabeth. That’s sad in itself, but it’s not only that. By looking at what it took to save that much money—at Elizabeth’s hourly rate—**you can see how many hours she spent in her office job that she did not need to spend**." ([Location 590](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07T5LSF1J&location=590)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[essentialism]] , [[time-value-of-spending]] , [[frugality]] , [[parenting]] , [[personal-values]] **Source** -- [[202408061202 - B - Die With Zero]]