If you had an extra $200 to spend how would you use it to improve your life and/or career?
I have a prepaid gift card and want to use it productively. Thank you for your thoughts!
Ask HN: What is the best way to use $200 to improve your life/career
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#2Spend $35 on a dog from a kill shelter. Give the rest to the to a no kill shelter.
Good luck.
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#4A grow box and weed seeds.
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#5Buy and read as many books as possible.
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#6Buy a kindle
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#7Reminded me of the Derek Sivers quote> “If [more] information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.”
Create a memory with someone you love. On $200, go on a weekend camping trip someplace within a reasonable drive. Have a decent bottle of champagne, watch the sunset.
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#8Each of these have great options up to and under $200: an ebook reader with technical ebooks, a certification, a quieter CPU fan (I'm about to spend $10 on one, current is jet engine), more RAM, an SSD, second monitor, webhosting/VPS ($200 can cover a domain, a shared cpanel, and a VPS) for personal projects, a netbook or tablet.
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#9Buy a good mechanical keyboard
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#10I would go on a trip with someone you care for alternatively I would get a Thinkpad or Phone(iPhone & Android) that is used.