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I also used to feel this way. What worked for me is to not to do some of these things. For example, I got a robot vacuum cleaner and a robot mop. For any additional cleaning, I have a cleaning lady that comes every once in a while. This saves me a couple of hours of cleaning each month. If the car breaks, or something needs to be done around the house, I hire someone to do it. Groceries are delivered according to a schedule. Saves me a couple of hours of running around the supermakt.

I am not saying this works for everyone. It works for me. Labour cost are so low here, and salaries in IT are so high that it is totally worth paying someone to do some things.

As for commuting, I picked a job that is not too far away and is extremely flexible when it comes to when I am at the office. This allows me to only travel to the office at hours at which traffic is decent. At the worst hours, it can take 45min to get to my office. If I avoid those hours, I can be there in 15 min.



> Labour cost are so low here, and salaries in IT are so high

Where’s this magical place?


A good chunk of his advice is applicable even in moderately high-cost labour countries such as Germany or the Netherlands.


Cluj-Napoca, Romania. However, I am from the Netherlands where the same advice applied a couple of years back.


Central / Eastern Europe.

And I heard similar things about south and east of Asia


I would bet Eastern Europe, maybe Romania.




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