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For me it has to be:

  1. Helix mattress ($1,217). Sleep is great.
  2. Home gym power cage & weights (~$1,000). Look good, feel good, get strong.
  3. Netgear Nighthawk AXE7800 ($339). No more random, annoying internet disconnects/slowness.
  4. Books ($0 @ library)
    • "Ultralearning" - Scott Young (how to learn efficiently)
    • "Enlightenment Now" - Steven Pinker (the world overall is improving)
    • "The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing" - Taylor Larimore (how to invest)
  5. PS5 ($500). So many great games like witcher 3, god of war, spiderman.

I'm searching for some more deep value purchases. Give me what you've got.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

When I was learning to drive, I bought a steering wheel for PC/PS3. It helped so much, it's pretty crazy.

6 years ago, a 110 € Android phone. What an absolute beast for that price. Had the USB connector not failed, I'd be using it still honestly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Maybe a controversial one:

Macbook (or any Mac for that matter)

I don't mind paying the premium because they just work. I've owned 3 over the last 10 years and each are still running perfectly to this day. No need to ever do anything to them. It helps that I'm not much of a gamer and work in the creative field so they offer everything I need. The M series chips are also blazing fast.

I can totally see how they'd not work for a lot of people though, and I know lots of people love to tinker with PCs!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Alfred app for Mac. It is kind of a spotlight replacement for Mac but so much more. Think of it as turning your machine into productivity powerhouse where you are using the keyboard to access everything very quickly instead of wasting your time clicking around with the mouse. It is like a Swiss army knife where even just one of its features is a whole app for other people. I use it all day everyday for the past decade. And I keep adding to it new workflows or discovering new features. It is the app that is a million apps in one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Bought a lot of CDEV (Now PR) stock at 50 to 75 cents in March 2020.

The profit when it rebounded Post-COVID paid off my student loans and covered the down payment on my condo.

100% the best purchase I ever made.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Meet eric111189 eric111189 has his life together Be more like eric111189

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

An elliptical machine, if you have space for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Water filter, kindle (altought I hadn’t had time to use it as much due to having a mountain of unread physical books), iPhone + Apple Watch + AirPods, a cheap (5k euro) car to help me go between home and University.

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