A 17-year-old designed a novel synchronous reluctance motor

Re:A 17-year-old designed a novel synchronous reluctance motor by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @08:28PM (#32433491)

It's not about making the money, it's about what you spend it on. If 100$ is a significant amount you're not going to spend it on a frivolous purchase, you'll spend it on the absolute necessities. And if you do want to make a purchase purely because it makes you happy, you're going to agonize over it and feel guilty for a long while.

I went on to make 20,000 euros doing freelance over the next five years while in college but it all went to my student loans, rent and other necessary costs while I was starting my career, not anything I actually wanted to buy for myself.

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Re:A 17-year-old designed a novel synchronous reluctance motor by conductr on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:42PM (#32486190)

I get that. What works for me, and I tried to point out, is not taking $100 out of my income/savings that is funds for my absolute necessities. It's more so about using the goal as motivation to temporarily increase my income. That extra income is already earmarked for the goal, so it doesn't really take away from necessities.

Obviously, if you're at a deficit on the necessities it will be tempting to use the extra income for those things. That's a different conversation/problem however

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