We do spend way too much on stupid stuff, and daily! Thats why we don’t notice the big amount that it adds up to. I am 2 months of finishing a full year without spending for unnecessary things. This is a great experiment that i would recommend to everyone. The amount of money you will have at the end of that year is going to blow your mind 💥 Great video 🙏🏼
Honestly, very thankful that tipping isn't a thing here in Australia. Cost of living is already expensive enough, especially with food prices going up too (ridiculous). Also, loved the Harry Potter reference!
I live in the UK and tipping is not expected. Also when we go to the shops, the price on the shelf is the price you pay at the till - no nasty surprises when you go to pay!
I mostly do it this way, I browse all the stuffs on Amazon until I’m satisfied and then add few items to my cart. When I think I have many items in my cart, I then move them to my “Saved for later” list. I trick my mind to buy them later and 95% of time I don’t. I keep the items in my list for as long I want and then I gradually remove them as my interest declines. I then realise I never wanted them for the first place and somehow I feel good about it as I managed to save money.
All great points 👍. I’ll leave things in my shopping cart for months until I really need them or if there’s a substantial discount. Usually I’ll just delete them after I get tired of seeing them- problem solved 🙌
Huh! This is me exactly. The satisfaction every time I removed items from my cart after a few days or when i was able to checkout something with discount is among my wins. 😀 it's a game of outplaying consumerism 😂
i just wanted to say that i have been watching you grow since just before 100k subs and its amazing to watch how quickly you have grown. you have clearly found a niche that works well, and your personality fits the bill. I wish i could sub again and boost the numbers. great job, an honest inspiration.
I'm so happy I made productive decisions about my finances that changed forever. I'm a single mother living in Vancouver Canada, bought my first house in October and hoping to retire soon if things keep going smoothly for me.
Thank you for another great video. I am on the same path. I do also check up my monthly subscriptions every six months just to evaluate if I use them enough to keep subscribe.
As someone who loves watching tech videos and hell it never ends. When I got my steam deck all I did afterwards was watch videos on the competitor handheld pcs.
I have learned a lot from your videos as a person. Thank you! Could you pls do a video on how to blend minimalism in to life as a student and enjoy life without being consumed by electronic devises? .I think most of us need it now for a peaceful mind.
I have an iPhone 8. 😂. I hate getting a new phone. I eat at home most days and yes, I hate being asked to tip at drive thrus so I avoid it most of the time. My favorite donut place had the swivel iPad that always asks for a tip so when it’s a family members birthday and I pick up donuts I pay with cash. Then they act like a drive thru again giving me my exact change and I drive away without that tip pressure that starts at 20%🤷🏽♀️
I also find places that ask you tip beforehand, so that you can tip with your card when you pay in advance, are ridiculous. If tipping is for service provided, I have no clue what kind of service you'll give when so far, I have nothing. It's an atrocious practice, imho.
@@barbaracarbone4658 If you ever do a mobile order for a restaurant, that's usually asked. Also, the automatic car washes are doing it when you pay at the beginning (good reason to have a subscription if you use them - LOL!). As if I'm supposed to tip because someone waved me into the tracks, held up their hand when I needed to stop, and pointed to a board that told me what to do and not do. {insert eye roll}
I`m from eastern Europe and I was very surprised to find stories about almost essential 20% tips in USA. That is a strange thing, and I`m now interested about its roots in history. In my country waiters dont rely at tips so hard, and for tipping, by average opinion, there should be 3 things: servise was good, you have money and you want to tip. And noone gets frustrated or mad. Thank you for your video, its good.
Dude you seem like a *kindred* spirit….I *DON’T* know what it is but I see myself a little I’m you and we’re probably a few years off in age. However, the fact still remains I like your content man. Thanks for sharing
Nicholas yes mate, just in time. Tipping I would say in uk is optional - then again I don’t really go out to eat. Nicholas your magnet key clip: could give me a link or name the brand please? I tried your Amazon link and didn’t see it. Cheers.
I was curious if the UK had similar tipping culture. Here’s that link: www.amazon.com/Orbitkey-Magnetic-Fidlock-Release-Stainless/dp/B08T4LWCL4/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?crid=HU717HGXC0PO&keywords=orbitkey+ring+v2&qid=1700498562&sprefix=orbitkey+ring%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-12
I've heard that tipping is everywhere in USA now? Even when you fill up gas? Anyways, good content! Always my first pick among my prenumerations because I know I won't be bored or disappointed!
Loved the retail therapy part especially. As far as tipping goes, I went bowling last Saturday night for the first time in a long time and there was a tipping line when I paid. I paid for 2 games and shoes. Not sure what special service was required. I asked if people tip and he said if they are nice and I felt guilty. 🤦🏻♀️
as someone who went thru my first student load (government gives us money for living expenses during university which we have to pay back like tax when we earn mooney), this term, i'm going to spend as little on unnecessary items.
Tipping isn’t a thing in the uk. We tip if we want to. I’m be seen is gaining more popularity recently but it’s not mandatory. I wouldn’t go anywhere where I had to tip.
I’ve had a number of guitars on my Sweetwater wishlist, but can’t justify buying another one until I can get rid of at least 3 already in my collection. 😅
Hi Nicholas, I just recently subscribed and i've been enjoying your content a lot! I'd like to know your opinion on smartwatches. Specifically the Apple Watch, do you think this would help with spending less time on the phone and other devices? Or maybe end up being an even bigger distraction? Curios to hear from you on this topic. Thanks a lot!
That shopping cart thing was the baby step my mom needed to start getting her clinically diagnosed shopping addiction under control. I think most Americans are on some level addicted to it, we all have too many things, but she was really struggling and the overall culture of buy buy buy didn't help. It actually ruined my family tbh. P sure if my dad had had more empathy they might not have gotten divorced (he regrets that decision his current wife is worse lol) As for keeping old tech, I have had the same iPad Pro since like a decade ago. I find buying secondhand gives me the same enjoyment of getting something new, I get to stop contributing to the cycle of eWaste and mining of new materials and the harm that comes with that downstream? I love learning to fix my own things too, that's been so much fun. It's also funny about the tipping thing because what you mentioned about food? I went to Panda Express today, I got a bowl. The server was crabby, it cost ⅓ of my weekly grocery budget to get that single thing. I was really hungry and shipped something I forgot I ordered to the store in the mall so I just grabbed something quick on the way out. Lesson learned. Never going to the mall again 😂 I worked there for over a decade so I don't like being there anyway but now I REALLY don't want to. The only shop I even liked there closed during the pandemic (and had actually tasty, quality food for the price I paid for the damn Panda bowl.)
Great content Nicholas G. and you're looking very handsome, love the hair! Are you still cutting it yourself? Tipping everyone for everything has made me not want to go anywhere : (
Чаевые у нас по желанию тока в ресторане, доставка как правило у нас бесплатно, также бесплатно школа, садик, медицина. Повезло родиться в России, тут можно думать а духовной жизни а не деньгах.
What would you recommend as a good desk chair for sub ~$100 Totally understand that retail therapy. I am a tech content creator and techie in general. I have to understand that you don’t need to get everything as soon as it drops. It’s not that serious. I’m still going to email you as well.
It’s kind of squeaky but I had this for years: www.amazon.com/Furmax-Support-Computer-Ergonomic-Armrest/dp/B07B7K7N3P/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?hvadid=294051996933&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9012036&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5046699144838523326&hvtargid=kwd-308738100375&keywords=desk+chair&qid=1700498319&s=furniture&sr=1-4
I agree- the tip has become a real deterrent to those places where it’s expected. I tip when I’m there but it’s based as a % of the charge so if that cost went up, the tip is even more. That’s not counting in the way 10% used to be a normal “good” tip back in the 60s and 70s. Yeah I am old. NOW it’s 15-20% and 10% is an insult. I can’t clip my toenails anymore (age) so I go to the spa for a pedicure. She does a great job so yes I tip 20% BUT RECENTLY the spa changed their automated tip feature on the card machine to include a 25% tip. WHAT??? Is 30% next? Or 50%? How do we even keep up?
@@1esk192 Customers always have the power to change things. Inevitably restaurants, etc. just will have to pay more in order to attract workers, or go bankrupt. If your business model sucks, so you have to exploit the people, you're better off gone.
as a server please no. we go through a lot behind the scenes to take care of our guests and i go beyond what i should. not even just for the money. just to give good service.
I only tip food delivery drivers. They are actually doing something and also my food comes faster. I’m a dasher and I know if you don’t tip I’m just not going to deliver your food faster. You live 8 miles away from McDonald’s? Ok well I’m only getting $3 so I’m going to take an hour to deliver your food
Just not, dude. There are people who make a living basically on tips bc they don't have a salary. If you can't give tips maybe it is better don't go to that type of place.
You might have missed where he explained several times that he DOES tip when he rarely does go somewhere that tips are part of the wages. He also explained that he isn’t recommending people not tip. The point is that he and others are avoiding places where tips are part of the costs.
Brilliant as usual, Nicholas! Retail therapy was the one that applied to me, buying more books than I could possibly read, through boredom. I recognize that now, and cut down a lot, thanks! We don't eat out a lot, but tipping is a sore point with a lot of us in the UK (it's usually added to your bill and they predict you'll pay it through embarrassment at not wanting to bring the matter up!).
