This is called Min-Maxing, and it’s what frugality should look like, done correctly. (View Highlight)
The idea is to ignore, ignore, ignore all the alluring ‘deals’ that are constantly dangled in our direction, then load up heavily on the rare attractive trades. (View Highlight)
So the question is not what to cut. Our starting point is that everything gets cut, and has to earn its way back into consideration. The question is: what to load up on? (View Highlight)
lth, no matter how much it costs them in time, money, and effort. So (View Highlight)
The argument of this book is that we should instead load up on optionality, as a kind of derivative that buys us the right to all the precious currencies of life, and let the trade-offs between them emerge accordingly. (View Highlight)