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Low Hanging fruit for buying a better life
What can I purchase with $100 that will be the best thing I can buy to make my life better?
I've decided to budget some regular money to improving my life each month. I'd like to start with low hanging fruit for obvious reasons - but when I sat down to think of improvements, I found myself thinking of the same old things I'd already been planning to do anyway... and I'd like out of that rut.
Constraints/more info:
- be concrete. I know - "spend money on experiences" is a good idea - but what experiences are the best option to purchase *first*
- "better" is deliberately left vague - choose how you would define it, so that I'm not constrained just by ways of "being better" that I'd have thought of myself.
- please assume that I have all my basic needs met (eg food, clothing, shelter) and that I have budgeted separately for things like investing for my financial future and for charity.
- apart from the above, assume nothing - Especially don't try and tailor solutions to anything you might know and/or guess about me specifically, because I think this would be a useful resource for others who might have just begun.
- don't constrain yourself to exactly $100 - I could buy 2-3 things for that, or I could save up over a couple of months and buy something more expensive... I picked $100 because it's a round number and easy to imagine.
- it's ok to add "dumb" things - they can help spur great ideas, or just get rid of an elephant in the room.
- try thinking of your top-ten before reading any comments, in order not to bias your initial thinking. Then come back and add ten more once you've been inspired by what everyone else came up with.
Background:
This is a question I recently posed to my local Less Wrong group and we came up with a few good ideas, so I thought I'd share the discussion with the wider community and see what we can come up with. I'll add the list we came up with later on in the comments...
It'd be great to have a repository of low-hanging fruit for things that can be solved with (relatively affordable) amounts of money. I'd personally like to go through the list - look at candidates that sound like they'd be really useful to me and then make a prioritised list of what to work on first.
Meetup : Sydney Meetup - January
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - January
Regular location - City of Sydney RSL The restaurant on Level 2
Regular time (starting about 6:30)
Topic: Resolutions!
Description: Do they work? If so - which ones are the best to choose? and how do you stick to them so you actually achieve them?
Bring your resolutions, or come and let us help you figure out some.
See you there!
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - January
Meetup : Sydney Meetup - October
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - October
6:30 PM for early discussion 7PM general dinner-discussion after dinner we'll have our rationality exercise and a more specific discussion-topic.
We normally meet in the restaurant on level 2. So far they've always put it about 5m to the left of the lift, up against the kitchen area.
Topic TBD, but I'm sure it'll be awesome :)
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - October
Meetup : Sydney Meetup - September
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - September
6:30 PM for early discussion 7PM general dinner-discussion after dinner we'll have our rationality exercise and a more specific discussion-topic.
We normally meet in the restaurant on level 2. So far they've always put it about 5m to the left of the lift, up against the kitchen area.
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - September
Meetup : Sydney Meetup - August
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - August
6:30 PM for early discussion 7PM general dinner-discussion after dinner we'll have our rationality exercise and a more specific discussion-topic.
I'll book another table under the name "less wrong".We normally meet in the restaurant on level 2. So far they've always put it about 5m to the left of the lift, up against the kitchen area.
The theme for this month is "trying new things" - so get ready to test your comfort zone and expand your abilities :)
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - August
Meetup : Sydney Meetup - July
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - July
6:30 PM for early discussion 7PM general dinner-discussion after dinner we'll have our rationality exercise and a more specific discussion-topic.
I'll book another table under the name "less wrong".We normally meet in the restaurant on level 2. So far they've always put it about 5m to the left of the lift, up against the kitchen area.
The theme for this month is Finance - how to get started - how to plan for your retirement - how to calculate if you're on target
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - July
Meetup : LessWrong Australia - Online Hangout
Discussion article for the meetup : LessWrong Australia - Online Hangout
From the people who brought you a Lesswrong Australia mega-meetup. We now bring you an Australia-wide mega-online hangout. First hangout will be on Sunday the 13th at 6:30pm till Midnight (Sydney time). If you want to check in. feel free to do so!
link is here: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/gxswklalufwfqamex4yhkanevqa subject to change depending on whether google likes us or not.
Discussion article for the meetup : LessWrong Australia - Online Hangout
Meetup : Sydney Meetup - June
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - June
6:30 PM for early discussion 7PM general dinner-discussion after dinner we'll have our rationality exercise and a more specific discussion-topic.
I'll book another table under the name "less wrong". Last meetup we were in the restaurant on level 2. Every time so far they've set up the table about 5m to the left, after you exit the lift, so there's a good chance we'll be there this time too.
The theme for this month is Goals.
Finding out what your goals should be
Breaking them into sub-goals and planning your avenues of attack
Finding ways of sticking to your planned tasks
It's a big topic, and we probably won't get through all of it in one night - but I'm sure it'll be really interesting.
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - June
Meetup : Sydney Social Meetup - June (Games night)
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Social Meetup - June (Games night)
Everybody bring your favourite game, and we'll decide what we want to play on the night!
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Social Meetup - June (Games night)
Meetup : Sydney Meetup - May
Discussion article for the meetup : Sydney Meetup - May
6:30 PM for early discussion 7PM general dinner-discussion after dinner we'll have our rationality exercise and a more specific discussion-topic.
I'll book another table under the name "less wrong". Last meetup we were in the restaurant on level 2. When I arrive I'll facebook about where exactly the table is located.
We'll have general discussion over dinner, followed by a rationality exercise and more specific discussion-topic.
The theme this month is: "errors of social human interactions and our solutions"
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