Hello again Lemmy! I have another question.

Context: I took a motorcycle safety class, was nervous but enjoyed it, researched motorcycles, found a few I liked, talked to a dealer about them but ultimately, I couldn’t finalize a deal, talked myself out of it basically

I was curious how others might justify a purchase that has no purpose other than wanting something.

For clarity, I don’t need anyone to justify me buying a motorcycle. I want to read about your thought processes for buying something you want 🙂

As always thanks for replying and have an awesome day/night!!

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
    6·
    11 days ago

    I make a simple calculation:

    I divide X money over Y time.

    I enjoy photography, and bough a fancy camera with a bonus at my last job.

    In total I have probably spent 30k SEK on the camera and lenses, I bought it in early 2023, so let’s say that I have had a year and a half to enjoy it, that is 18 months

    30k/18months is about 1.7k/month so far, and in return I got thousands of photos, some of which can be found here:

    https://metapixl.com/Stoy

    • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      11 days ago

      That’s still quite an investment. Not many people have 1.7k/month to spend on a hobby.

      I don’t mean this as a criticism, of course, if you can afford it and it brings you joy then it’s worth it.

      • Pyotr@lemmy.world
        8·
        11 days ago

        1.7K SEK is about 154€ EUR or 180$ USD.

        So its not insane money. Still a bit, but not as bad as it may seem.

          • stoy@lemmy.zip
            3·
            10 days ago

            Easy mistake to make, I debated doing a quick conversion to EUR or USD, but was tired and could not really be bothered, sorry for the confusion.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      Going to spend some time on your site! I so admire photographers. Skill I never tried to master, happy to see your work.

    • randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
      1·
      11 days ago

      That is quite interesting. I didn’t do any long term calculations to see if I could identify a monthly spend.

      I may do that for this situation and future projects. Thanks for bringing this up.

      Also, your photos are great!! Is the metapixl instance federated in Pixelfed? I tried to look you up directly in the app I use and didn’t find anything.

      Thank you for posting!!

      • stoy@lemmy.zip
        2·
        11 days ago

        Thank you for your kind words, I have used the “cost-per-time-index” for several years now, and it really helps to make up my mind.

        Metapixl is indeed a pixelfed instance, I even use the standard pixelfed app on iOS…

        • randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
          2·
          10 days ago

          Got it, I’ll take another look. It may be the instance I am in that is having the issue. If I find you, I’ll definitely follow you!

          Thank you again!