lessons

[dnwq]

Things I wish I had learnt before going to college: you will underestimate the benefits of spending some cash to save time.

Comments

[jez_hex]

tell me that again

[lowjh]

you will underestimate the benefits of spending some cash to save time.

[legacy1989]

e.g.?

[dnwq]

Underweighting staying nearer to campus rather than a cheaper place further away, or buying a printer relative to using a cheaper lab printer, etc.

Presuming that self-reported satisfaction is a reliable marker, there is some suggestion that people do indeed choose to commute too long. There is probably a tendency to under-weight future inconvenience (or over-weight current costs) when making decisions over the long term.