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Is expensive always better? Or is the $300 hydrogen water bottle actually improving your life more than that $8 bottle from Amazon? Well, today I'm gonna dig into a Reddit thread that answers the question, what is something relatively cheap that improves your life by 100%? And I'll get to their responses right after I extend a fiscally responsible thank you to delete me for sponsoring this channel. Who holds a mug like that? I do, willy nilly. That's how I hold them. Alright, first relatively cheap thing that will 100% improve your life. Just buy 20 pairs of the exact same socks. You'll never have to match them again. If one gets a hole, toss it. The other one still works with the rest. When you need socks, you just find any two of them. When you start running low, just pick up a few more pairs. Honestly, it's a shame I didn't do this sooner. Could have saved myself years of pointless hassle. What kind of struggle brush are you on trying to find socks that match? I didn't know that was a real problem in today's society, but I will agree, just grabbing any old sock knowing they're gonna be a pair is great. So. Sure. But I mean, I don't know what kind of psychopath wears the same type of sock all year long. Except for Gen Z with their freaking tube socks. In the summer you're gonna wear that thick white sock taking the puppies out for a walk. Homeschoolers know no socks in this household. Barefoot like the Lord intended. We're grounding all day as homeschoolers, but overall, I like this one. I mean, you get a 20 pack of socks for like 20, 30 bucks, so that's a pretty good deal to then not have to buy socks for a long time. I also feel like 20 is a lot. Like, are you not doing laundry? How are you going through 20 pairs of socks? Just buy like 10. That gets you through a week. I mean, I'm doing laundry every week. I don't know about you guys. How, how often are we doing laundry these days?
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Once a week? Twice a week?
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Once a week? Twice a week? Three times a week? Every day. All right, decent start. I'm hoping we can do better here. Reddit. Next up, a nice looking basket for lightly worn clothes that you plan to wear again before washing. Keeps them off the chair, floor and separate from your clean clothes. This is a good one. I don't know about the basket. I feel like in a basket they just sort of get ratty. Like I know they're still not dirty yet, but they're gonna get dirty if piled together with other slightly dirty clothes. But I'm a fan of this one because there are a lot of things, like, you know, a pair of jeans or like, if I have an undershirt, this shirt's still good, but I'll put that right back on the hanger. So I'm a hanger man. That's just me. Or put it back in the drawer. I don't know that I need a basket, but it's a good idea. And commenter here said indoor bike also works.
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Get it?
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Because people use their indoor bikes as clothes hangers. It's a thing we do in America. For all my foreign viewers who are confused right now, we're not exercising. We just need a very expensive clothes hanger. Next on the list, a high quality tongue scraper. You can brush your teeth all you want, but once you start using a metal scraper, you realize you weren't truly clean before. Your breath stays fresh way longer and food actually tastes better. It's a total game changer for like seven bucks. That is true. I've been a tongue scraper fan for a long time. I don't talk about it a lot because nobody asks me. I bet my dental hygiene. But I do use it. I do feel cleaner. Cause there's a lot of gunk on there, a lot of bacteria. So keeping that clean will help you avoid costly dental procedures. And what's it called? The gum inflammation, what's that called? Gingivitis. Gingivitis. Not enough people talking about gingivitis. Sounds fun. If you didn't know what it was, you're like, ooh, give me some of that. Tongue scrapers for the win. Dare to smile. I put them back on the hanger. But inside out. If I wear an inside out item, I know it goes in the hamper that night. What? Okay, so that's like a second wear. So you get one wear, then you put it on the hanger. Inside out, you get another wear out of it, but then you have to flip it back inside out, and then you know it goes in the hamper. I'm confused. Why are you putting it back on the hanger if you know it goes in the hamper? Why not just go straight to hamper instead of hanger to hamper? This is too much effort so far, guys. What are we doing? Why is everything about dirty clothes, dirty socks, dirty clothes? Put it on the hanger, put it in the hamper. Get over yourselves yourselfs. I'm In a bad mood today cause of you guys on Reddit. All right, hopefully we get more productive here. Next relatively cheap item that will improve your life. I bought 100% blackout curtain from Shein for only US$4. Was skeptical, but actually made my bedroom 100% dark. 240. I live in Norway where summer nights are bright. Always hated it. Now my problem is solved. Okay, so, I mean, I guess it can be a quality blackout curtain doing the job. Cause if it's 100%, that means it's gotta block 100% of the light. So if there's any light coming in, that's no bueno, but four bucks is pretty cheap. I'm surprised. Have you checked air quality in your room on a sunny day? Curtains have a huge area to gas off VOCs from. And I would not trust $4 curtains to be made of materials that do not release harmful VOCs. This person really wants us to know they know what VOCS means, so I'm gonna have to Google this for myself here. VOC's meaning volatile organic compounds. Somebody graduated high school and it shows. Final comment. Only a Norwegian would complain about too much natural light laughing emoji. It's nothing to laugh at. I mean, if you had bright sun 24 7, you would go insane. I don't know why the Lord and did it that way, but I would. I would need some blackout curtains to survive in Norway because you gotta sleep. Have you ever tried to sleep midday? That's difficult. Next up on the list, my gremlin cat that I got for free. That was like a drug deal. Lady giving away cat said she wanted to meet at gas station. She shows up in a trench coat, opens it up, and there's my new cat just chilling in her inside pocket. She hands him to me, says good day, and leaves. Not a single piece of punctuation in that whole thought. Wow, that was the craziest part to me. I had to fill in the gaps myself. I'm trying to picture where. How would you even hear about this cat? Was it a Facebook thing? Cause it sounds like you're part of the problem that you agreed to show up and the lady just goes, there he is. Someone said it was probably not her cat. So she stole a cat to give away. What kind of scam is she running where she makes no money in this deal, she's just stealing cats to give them to other people who might want a cat. Another comment. She stayed in touch to see how the cat was doing. Oh, this is the original poster. She stayed in Touch to see how the cat was doing. So idk, maybe she is just weird. I think you're both weird in this scenario. But to be fair, I got my French bulldog from a breeder in Paris, Texas, and we met in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant called Tamales. T a m o l L y apostrophe s very cute. And it was sketchy. I mean there's like it looked like a gerbil in the passenger seat. I was like, that is not a, that's not a dog. She assured me it was said dog. And eventually it did grow into a dog. So she wasn't lying. Next on the list. Oh, first of all, I'm trying to think back a relatively cheap item that improved your okay. Yeah, I mean I think pets do improve our life. It comes at a cost financially and emotionally, especially when you lose said pet. But I would say pets are a great thing to improve your life that don't have to cost you a lot of money. Go to your local rescue and pick up a gremlin cat. Two twin sized blankets and duvets, one each for me and my husband. Rather than one king or queen blanket. No more pulling or fighting over blankets. We each have our blanket. It's made a huge difference. I have heard about this. I have not yet tried it, but I am convinced that it would solve a lot of problems in marriage, which is why do you keep grabbing the covers? I don't know why they don't just make them bigger, but it is a problem in my house and I'm definitely willing to try it. I also wonder if it helps with the heat distribution if you each have your own. You know, if someone's an oven over there, you're not going to feel it as much if they're cocooned in their own blanket. So yeah, this solves marriage problems, which then saves you from expensive therapy appointments.
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worth it at, you know, 20 bucks for your own little blanket or duvet. That's not bad. Definitely. You know what? I'm going to try it twin size. Is that enough? Yeah, that's enough. Okay. I'm just trying to think in my head. I mean, I'm a little guy, but I just picture a little twin sized blanket. I think two twins makes a king. Two twins makes. Is that true? Two twin blankets make a king. Oh, okay. I stand corrected. Said the man in the orthopedic shoes. That's a classic. Kids love that one. If you know about orthopedics, you are into that joke. Okay, back to our list. Let's see what else we have. Oh, this is a good one. Learning to say no. Okay, it's not an item, but it's a habit that will help you avoid being broke and it will improve your life. Learning to say no, I mean, that's really just having boundaries. Whether that's for yourself and your own budget of saying, hey, I don't really need this thing right now. I'm not going to buy it, or saying no to other people and what they want you to do or what they want you to buy or spend money on or a trip, a concert, whatever it is. But being comfortable in who you are, what your values are, what your goals are, and then using that as a filter to say no, that's not a priority for me. Appreciate you thinking of me. That's why I always like to end things, because I do like being thought about. So if I end with thanks for thinking of me, I feel like they. It leaves a good taste in their mouth, you know? But in my book Breaking Free from Broke, I do have a chapter called Spending a Self Control.
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And the point of it is to go, hey, make sure you're spending for the right reasons out of the right values with money you actually have. And a lot of times you'll end up saying no due to one of many factors. Maybe it was the motive. Maybe it was the fact you couldn't afford it in cash. Maybe it was the fact that you didn't do the research and you needed more time to sit with it before you made a decision. And maybe it's timing. I mean, there's opportunity costs here. If you spend five grand on this thing, you can't spend five grand on this other thing, like the home repair, investing, whatever it may be. And if you want to, if you want help saying no in a tactful way, a budget is the way to do it. And EveryDollar is my favorite app for this. I'll drop a link in the description if you guys want to check that out. It will help you feel in control and say yes to the things that really matter. All right, next on the list, we have a short essay. Not sure this is exactly what you're looking for, but understanding what a sunk cost is, both financially and in terms of my time. I don't know how many times I sat through a bad movie I rented or ate a horrible meal because I paid for the ingredients and took the time to cook it, then made it worse by eating something I did not enjoy. It may seem Counterintuitive to cheap. But stopping a movie I'm not enjoying after 20 minutes and doing something else with my time, walking, reading, playing a game is rather freeing. And I'm always happier when I do. This is a good one. Again, it's not an item you purchase, but it's a low cost way to improve your life. Realizing that just because you put some time, effort, money into it doesn't mean you got to see it all the way through. There is a, there's a smart time to quit and it's when you're doing stuff that doesn't add value to your life. And so yeah, I think if you're reading a terrible book, close the book. No one's forcing you to read the book. I've had friends leave in the middle of a movie because they decided not into it. Yeah, I paid money for this. Even if I can't get a refund, this is just not worth another hour of my time. Just to say at least you mustered
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And I do try to eat leftovers even if it's not my favorite thing. So I think there are, there's some balance here. You don't just go, well, I'd rather eat out. I don't want to eat leftovers. I'm not going to do it. There's times you have to be an adult and do things you don't want to do. But as far as entertainment goes, which is a lot of this. Yeah, you can own your time. Take back your time. Take back your time. Been a while since I slammed the desk. Just want to make sure I think I broke the I. That doesn't seem solid anymore. This was a pretty nice desk back in the day. It's seen some things. Next on the list, we have a hammock. Again, you don't hear about hammocks much these days. One of my greatest purchases ever. It's hard to explain, but taking my hammock everywhere and setting it up in beautiful places, giving me a nice place to pause and be present, has been an absolute game changer in my life. Also, binoculars. For a similar reason, I bought a pair of binos. Beanos Binoculars. Binoculars Bin. Yeah, I guess they're binos. Bought a pair of binos because I wanted to start bird watching. But most of the time now I just use them to look at clouds, trees, etc. Again, a useful tool to be present, really examine the world around me and appreciate the things that I usually took for granted. Smiley face. What a just wonderful, well adjusted person this is. That this is what they're, they're grateful for in their life. It's just a nice hammock and a nice place to enjoy mother nature. I think that's wonderful. I don't know what a good hammock costs these days. I know binoculars can get expensive. I mean some mid range ones can go, you know, 100 to a couple hundred bucks. I imagine hammocks are similar. You could probably get a real cheap one off Amazon and then they probably arrange to the REI fanatics people are hanging off cliffs. That's a different level of hammock. If you're going full Alex Honnold. God bless those people. I'm just jealous of having this much uninterrupted time as a dad of a toddler and an infant. For me to just disappear with my hammock is a pipe dream. But I love it. And I do think you forget that going outside is free. It doesn't always need to cost you to enjoy life. And a hammock is a great purchase for that matter.
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George all right, next up on our list of relatively Cheap items that will improve your life. A heated blanket. Back pain gone. Joint stiffness vanished. Mine cost me about 50 bucks for one big enough to cover a full size bed. Another comment here. I tried so hard to get one, but every single heated blanket has reviews, like, and then it caught on fire, like, every one. I spent days searching for something safe, but I'm not sure they are safe. Okay, I'm intrigued. I'm like, is there data that every heated blanket will eventually catch fire? I don't know. But I mean, a heated blanket, I think 50 bucks is a lot, but you can get them for, you know, 30 bucks, 35 bucks for a solid one. And I would be concerned. Like, I probably wouldn't have it on all night, but if you want to get the bed warm and then turn it off, that might be the move. And I did find this out. We had a big power outage here in Nashville with some crazy storms, and you can't plug in a space heater into a little power generator because it would short it out. But you can plug in the heated blanket into it to stay warm at night in case it's freezing cold. So, fun fact there, a library card. Yeah, you forgot about those, didn't you? And your local library gives you access to something far greater than just physical books is they got ebooks, they got audiobooks. And you can access them through a few apps. And one of my favorite apps is called Libby. It's the one that I use. And you can even get my book Breaking Free from Broke in the app. So I just want to check the old Williamson county library system and see how many copies are available. Right now they have got the audiobook, three of nine copies available. That's fantastic. So three of you will have access to this. The book, book, one of one copy is available for the ebook there. And then for some reason, Dancing with Max came up under the search results. So if you want that book, go for it. Looks like a really sweet story of a single mother's love and perseverance and her son's autism diagnosis with its challenges and gifts and their triumph together. Honestly, that sounds way better than my book. But both great books. Go check it out. And library cards are one of the best ways that are super low cost. You're already paying for it through your taxes. Might as well enjoy it. And you don't have to go out and buy all these books and DVDs and audiobooks. Just go to your local library on top of that. It'll make your librarians happy. They'd love to see you next on the list. Turning off nearly all the notifications on your phone. Ask yourself what you actually want to interrupt your life. That's deep. What do I want to interrupt? I mean, nothing. In that case, what do I want to interrupt? My life. I'm trying to think of an app that would send me a notification where I'm like, thank you. I'm so glad you told me about Taco Bell's new Baja Blast pie. So wonderful. Really needed that information, but people get suckered into it and then next thing you know, I'm driving a Taco Bell, I'm down on a pie at midnight. I can't have that. So that one is legit. That is a very low cost way. In fact, it's free to avoid spending money. Cause most of these notifications involve marketing to get you to go do a thing that will then cost you money. So I like this one a lot. If there's notifications in your life that help you, like if they're health related or financial related, to remind you to do things you know are good for you, keep those on, that's great. But otherwise it's gotta go. If it's all marketing. And what I do is when a notification comes through and I'm like, why am I getting these notifications? I immediately go to settings and turn notifications off for that app. And the badges, I don't want the badge, bud. I don't need that kind of stress in my life. Get four notificat.
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I don't care.
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Don't want to know Taco Bell. Why are they all Taco Bell? They talk to me more than my wife does.
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No, my wife doesn't watch this. She has better things to do. She watches Deloney's show. Suck it, George. Hi, Whitney. All right, next up. I was waiting for this one. Poop stool. I didn't know they were called poop stools, but okay. Good for your health. And it pays for itself in saved toilet paper. All right, I don't want to have to explain how that works because I'm not sure I could. But the Squatty Potty, it is a great product. I think it was a Shark Tank product, if I'm not mistaken. And they've made a bajillion dollars. Because it does help. I mean, the positioning matters, guys. So I don't know that it's a super, like, cost saving measure, but I will say it's good for your health. From what I understand about science and based on this guy's username Compostworm guy. I feel like he knows a thing or two about the old compost. All right, last one on the list, Baba Yaga. A motion light in the toilet. A man or woman after my own heart here. I'm a big fan of the motion light in the toilet. This is super cheap. Probably cost you, I don't know, five to ten bucks a pop. I usually get it. You know, they come in a pack on Amazon and you just pop the batteries in there and you can choose your color. I choose a nice light blue. You don't want red. That looks like a portal to hell if you choose red. Yellow just reminds me of urine. So that one's an obvious no for me. Green feels like it's some kind of Stranger things portal, so I avoid that one as well. Which really leaves purple and blue in my mind. I don't know why I had to run you through the colors on that, but I do find it to be helpful. I don't know that it. Yeah, that is relatively cheap and it does improve my life. Cause I can tell you, I can count on zero fingers how many times I've stubbed my toe or stepped on something or like hit my knee against the door frame because I was just middle of the night, groggy. So I do think this is a worthy purchase. I recommend it to all my friends. And because of that, I don't have a lot of friends. But the people who have took me up on it are like, dude, I had no idea what I was missing out on. This is a great purchase and my wife enjoys it as well. So I've got them in all the restrooms in my house. If you come over, look for it. Wow. Okay, well, that's the end of this list. If you found this video helpful, I'm shocked, to be honest. But I enjoyed the journey that we went on together, talking about socks and hampers and poop stools and toilet and mostly toilet related things and dirty clothes related things I'm realizing on this list. But it's a good reminder that you can improve your life without spending a lot of money. And you can budget for the things that you want. And not everything in life has to be super expensive. And so I like being on the hunt for low cost ways to improve my life. And that might be, you know, a six foot iPhone charging cable so you don't have to lean over the bed like a madman. So that's the stuff I think about at night when I. When I lay my head down on my pillow. I think what are some low cost ways I can improve my life? And then I make videos like this to help you guys. And while these relatively low cost items could improve your life, low cost doesn't always last the test of time. So watch this next video where I break down my top Buy it for life items that are worth every penny. Click here to watch it or use the link in the description. That's it for today. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time.