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Unpopular opinion:
Doing everything yourself isn’t always saving you money.
If a task takes you three hours because you’re constantly figuring it out, fixing mistakes or starting from scratch, it might be costing you more than you think.
Sometimes the best investment is simply finding a better way to do it.
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