1. Keeping up with the Joneses is futile. No matter how much I tell myself I know this, a part of my mind tries to convince myself it’s possible.
2. I’m seriously thinking that If I own anything over the value of $500, and I’m not using it, I should sell it. You might think that this is common sense. In the same vain as the point above, my mind would like to tell me otherwise. I’m going to set myself an ultimatum to make this happen!
3. A good kitchen knife is underrated. For the first time in my life, I cut an onion without crying. That’s what a good kitchen knife does for you.

What is it that you want in order to keep up with the Joneses?

I heard about Seth Godin’s book The Dip, and while it’s been out for a while, I thought it might make an interesting read.

Of course, being an 80 page book only, why not read it quickly on my computer? I figured I could save a few dollars by buying it in electronic format. How wrong was I! While I found prices as low as US$5 for a hardcover copy (unfortunately the shipping cost to NZ takes out that option), the cheapest price I could find for an e-book version was US$11.66 (about NZ$15)!

When I can buy books for NZ$2 from a secondhand store near my house, why would anyone pay 7 times that for an e-book with a fifth of the amount of content in it? (Unfortunately the said secondhand store is unlikely to carry the book in question at this time).

Have you ever purchased an e-book? When you consider the cost of distribution saved by purchasing an electronic copy, was it reasonably priced?