Learn how coffee is affecting your mortgage
It's always interesting to look at the opportunity costs of your behaviors. This sort of reminds me of this post.
I felt the article was informative from the view point of how a daily activity you take for granted, can have compounding long term impacts and add up to such a large amount of money. I agree that if something makes you happy then you should do it. But you should also be fully aware of what price that happiness comes at.
I probably spend more money on beer than coffee. Beer I love, but I agree that that money might be better spent on my mortgage, given that beer makes me less productive, while coffee has the opposite effect. One way or the other, we have to enjoy life somehow, or else, what's the point?
Then you're not doing it right.beer makes me less productive
Stupid. One could just as easily write an article about how your jeans are affecting your mortgage...or your car...or the food you eat. There are always cheaper options to accomplish what you are what you want to accomplish, but you choose what you choose because it makes you happy. I would rather spend a couple more years paying off my condo than not start the day with coffee.