Value vs. Comfort
Ahh, yes, the epic battle between Value vs Comfort – almost as epic as the Battle Between Good and Evil. So the question is, how often, or to what degree, do you go for Value, or how often or to what degree do you go for Comfort (or Utility?)?
So for example, let’s say you rent a videogame, and it costs you $6, and you rent it for 3 days, so maybe you get to play it for 60 hours if you wanted to.
So if you were going for the most value, you’d probably play the game for the whole 60 hours. Comfort-wise, you might just casually play the game until you get bored or tired or whatever, and then you can try again the next day or just never play it again, if it bores you so much. Or, if anytime something trumps playing this game (like Sleep trumps games, or food trumps games) then you stop playing it…
A more daily example would be the all-you-can-eat buffet. You pay $10 for all-you-can-eat buffet. Now what? Maybe you eat until you cannot eat no more… and then you eat some more. If you want the most of your money, you will keep eating, until you have the most value for your money.
Maybe you’re the type that will eat at least enough to make your $10 worth it. Maybe you’ll just eat until you’re sorta full, until you’re “comfortable”, and then you stop eating. That would be going for “Comfort”. But let’s throw in a bonus question:
Let’s say it was lobster-fest at Mandarin, or something pretty expensive. Do you try to just eat lobsters, or would you eat some lobster and some other food? Maybe if you went just for value, you’d just eat lobsters, and you eat as much as you can until you cannot anymore, and then you’d keep trying to get the most of your money.
Sentence over? I wanted to write about this but I don’t really know where I was going with it. It’s just a question – value or comfort?
Me, I think an equal mix between the two is good, but a little bit more toward value. I don’t think it’s that good to always be in your comfort zone, so sometimes you step out, cuz it makes life interesting and you get more value for your money.
Join me next time when I compare entertainments, taking into account the effort required to do said entertainment.
So for example, let’s say you rent a videogame, and it costs you $6, and you rent it for 3 days, so maybe you get to play it for 60 hours if you wanted to.
So if you were going for the most value, you’d probably play the game for the whole 60 hours. Comfort-wise, you might just casually play the game until you get bored or tired or whatever, and then you can try again the next day or just never play it again, if it bores you so much. Or, if anytime something trumps playing this game (like Sleep trumps games, or food trumps games) then you stop playing it…
A more daily example would be the all-you-can-eat buffet. You pay $10 for all-you-can-eat buffet. Now what? Maybe you eat until you cannot eat no more… and then you eat some more. If you want the most of your money, you will keep eating, until you have the most value for your money.
Maybe you’re the type that will eat at least enough to make your $10 worth it. Maybe you’ll just eat until you’re sorta full, until you’re “comfortable”, and then you stop eating. That would be going for “Comfort”. But let’s throw in a bonus question:
Let’s say it was lobster-fest at Mandarin, or something pretty expensive. Do you try to just eat lobsters, or would you eat some lobster and some other food? Maybe if you went just for value, you’d just eat lobsters, and you eat as much as you can until you cannot anymore, and then you’d keep trying to get the most of your money.
Sentence over? I wanted to write about this but I don’t really know where I was going with it. It’s just a question – value or comfort?
Me, I think an equal mix between the two is good, but a little bit more toward value. I don’t think it’s that good to always be in your comfort zone, so sometimes you step out, cuz it makes life interesting and you get more value for your money.
Join me next time when I compare entertainments, taking into account the effort required to do said entertainment.
posted by Unknown at 2:00 AM
1 Comments:
Hm,
Video games: By your definition, comfort. It's a game, and I play until I get bored. :)
Buffet: Neither. It just so happens that my tastes result in mass value with little to no loss in comfort. Seafood/steak > all!
Other categories...
Cars: At this point in my life, value.
Clothes: "Comfort". If I don't look presentable at all times excluding the gym and sleeping, then I'm uncomfortable. :p
-Ray
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