
Buy Back Your Time & Pay for Convenience | MHFI 331
About this episode
Doug chats with Carl & Rusty about a classic debate in the FI community – DIY vs. outsourcing. They discuss situations when outsourcing makes sense, emphasizing intentionality, buying back time, overcoming psychological hurdles of hiring help, and avoiding letting outside forces rewrite core values.
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Links
- Carl Jensen/1500 Days to Freedom
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- A.J. Jacobs
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- Big Think, “Give pee a chance: Why German men urinate sitting down”
- MHFI Facebook group
- Doug’s site
- Check out Producer Chris’s blog: Epic Financial Journey
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0:00 Introduction
3:30 An outsourcing mindset
9:01 House cleaning
18:20 Yard work
26:20 ROI & money mindset
34:38 Home construction
42:36 Home maintenance
49:26 Cooking, grocery shopping, & kids
58:14 Financial advice
1:07:44 Car maintenance
1:11:44 Haircuts
1:17:47 Soundcheck – Peeing
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