Comments on: The Price of my Dreams – $60 a Week http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week Analysis Driven Personal Development Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:43:06 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A Powerful Time Management Strategy – The Time Budget http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-3385 A Powerful Time Management Strategy – The Time Budget Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:45:13 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-3385 [...] Grocery shopping and cooking. 10 hours. (and I have data to back this up) [...] [...] Grocery shopping and cooking. 10 hours. (and I have data to back this up) [...]

]]> By: hemant dalvi http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-3443 hemant dalvi Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:57:37 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-3443 Dude, that is so Sid like!! i mean that in a good way. you were always a sucker for creating system and sutomating stuff. you definitely have reached new heights and i should say, this is definitely motivational ... Enjoy your new meals!! - HD Dude, that is so Sid like!! i mean that in a good way. you were always a sucker for creating system and sutomating stuff. you definitely have reached new heights and i should say, this is definitely motivational … Enjoy your new meals!! – HD

]]> By: hemant dalvi http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-3027 hemant dalvi Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:57:37 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-3027 Dude, that is so Sid like!! i mean that in a good way. you were always a sucker for creating system and sutomating stuff. you definitely have reached new heights and i should say, this is definitely motivational ... Enjoy your new meals!! - HD Dude, that is so Sid like!! i mean that in a good way. you were always a sucker for creating system and sutomating stuff. you definitely have reached new heights and i should say, this is definitely motivational … Enjoy your new meals!! – HD

]]> By: dandv http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-2979 dandv Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:38:09 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-2979 I also find cooking somewhat pointless (certainly not one of my core businesses), but I also found that I manage to <a href="http://wiki.dandascalescu.com/essays/how_to_eat_healthy_without_cooking_in_less_than_10_minutes_a_day" rel="nofollow">eat very healthily without cooking </a>(from Trader Joe's and Whole Foods), and have been doing this for 5 years. I even followed a strict exercise diet (<a href="http://wiki.dandascalescu.com/reviews/fitness/p90x_faq" rel="nofollow">P90X</a>), with very good results. I only buy products that don't need cooking, or can be microwaved or heated up in the oven. That way, I spend effectively no more than a few minutes preparing a meal (microwaves and ovens work happily unattended), and I use paper plates (made from recyclable paper) to avoid washing dishes. I also find cooking somewhat pointless (certainly not one of my core businesses), but I also found that I manage to eat very healthily without cooking (from Trader Joe's and Whole Foods), and have been doing this for 5 years. I even followed a strict exercise diet (P90X), with very good results. I only buy products that don't need cooking, or can be microwaved or heated up in the oven. That way, I spend effectively no more than a few minutes preparing a meal (microwaves and ovens work happily unattended), and I use paper plates (made from recyclable paper) to avoid washing dishes.

]]> By: Candice Dayoan http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-2972 Candice Dayoan Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:32:59 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-2972 So i was thinking about this blog today...wondering how it's going for you a year later? So i was thinking about this blog today…wondering how it's going for you a year later?

]]> By: somebody http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-2963 somebody Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:26:34 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-2963 i had a cleaning lady for a while to clean my kitchen, bathrooms, and wash my bed and clean the laundry. It was around $70 every other week. Now looking back, I should have had her make all kinds of food as well. It was nice because she worked in a hotel previously so the toilet paper was folded nice, and the place was very clean.<br><br>Well its kind of weird after a while having some outsider come by and wash your drawers or knowing about all your stuff. Also its even weirder to be home when all this is going on. Like what if I had a party the night before. Sure its nice to get the place clean by somebody, but its a little too intimate for me.<br><br>After reading your article I'm inspired to try it again. I think it would be nice if an assistant would handle dropping my laundry off to the laundromat and have the laundromat fold it, organize a chef to drop off meals like you have done, organize my bills and paying those on time, and deal with having a cleaning service come by as needed.<br><br>One thing that has been AWESOME is that safeway delivers food to my door for like $7. All I have to do is go to <a href="http://shop.safeway.com" rel="nofollow">shop.safeway.com</a> and pay online and next day its at my door. amazing... i had a cleaning lady for a while to clean my kitchen, bathrooms, and wash my bed and clean the laundry. It was around $70 every other week. Now looking back, I should have had her make all kinds of food as well. It was nice because she worked in a hotel previously so the toilet paper was folded nice, and the place was very clean.

Well its kind of weird after a while having some outsider come by and wash your drawers or knowing about all your stuff. Also its even weirder to be home when all this is going on. Like what if I had a party the night before. Sure its nice to get the place clean by somebody, but its a little too intimate for me.

After reading your article I'm inspired to try it again. I think it would be nice if an assistant would handle dropping my laundry off to the laundromat and have the laundromat fold it, organize a chef to drop off meals like you have done, organize my bills and paying those on time, and deal with having a cleaning service come by as needed.

One thing that has been AWESOME is that safeway delivers food to my door for like $7. All I have to do is go to shop.safeway.com and pay online and next day its at my door. amazing…

]]> By: random1destiny http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-2962 random1destiny Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:37:24 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-2962 Hey Sid, this post about outsourcing cooking is awesome, one of the best outsourcing experimentation stories I've read! Outsourcing food crossed my mind but I never seriously considered it until I realized it wasn't really that expensive especially considering I eat out for lunch at work which really adds up. Also turns out I'm on crutches for a while which is making me very eager to try this (getting tired of the tv dinners). <br><br>I've posted my Craigslist ad, similar to the one you posted, and some replies are starting to come in. I'd appreciate any tips and details about the back and forth correspondence you had with the prospective cooks who replied to your post. I've never been in a situation where I've hired/interviewed/vetted/negotiated rates with applicants. Did you have a standard set of response questions you sent everyone? And how did your price negotiation work? Did you reply to them with a rate in mind or just ask them to throw out a price? Any tips or even example correspondence would be a huge help! Thanks. Hey Sid, this post about outsourcing cooking is awesome, one of the best outsourcing experimentation stories I've read! Outsourcing food crossed my mind but I never seriously considered it until I realized it wasn't really that expensive especially considering I eat out for lunch at work which really adds up. Also turns out I'm on crutches for a while which is making me very eager to try this (getting tired of the tv dinners).

I've posted my Craigslist ad, similar to the one you posted, and some replies are starting to come in. I'd appreciate any tips and details about the back and forth correspondence you had with the prospective cooks who replied to your post. I've never been in a situation where I've hired/interviewed/vetted/negotiated rates with applicants. Did you have a standard set of response questions you sent everyone? And how did your price negotiation work? Did you reply to them with a rate in mind or just ask them to throw out a price? Any tips or even example correspondence would be a huge help! Thanks.

]]> By: Make the Internet Your B**ch | World Domination with Arthur Pledger http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-2961 Make the Internet Your B**ch | World Domination with Arthur Pledger Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:07:20 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-2961 [...] Companies have been outsourcing for years. Most of the time when you call a customer service line, you’re either talking to somebody in India or somebody sitting at home in their underwear. Its cheaper and more effecient for them that way.For a better example of how to outsource your life, check out this article my man Sid wrote. [...] [...] Companies have been outsourcing for years. Most of the time when you call a customer service line, you’re either talking to somebody in India or somebody sitting at home in their underwear. Its cheaper and more effecient for them that way.For a better example of how to outsource your life, check out this article my man Sid wrote. [...]

]]> By: Farnoosh http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-2948 Farnoosh Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:42:46 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-2948 My husband mentioned this idea (hire someone to cook for us) once and I suddenly had an image of living in a palace, with butlers, servants, and chefs in the massive kitchens cooking up menus of delightful dishes. We didn't do it and he cooks for us now. But I can't believe someone actually does that :) ! Very unique. I couldn't live without my cleaning lady Cleo though!!! Those are hours of PEACE and PRODUCTIVITY ;) My husband mentioned this idea (hire someone to cook for us) once and I suddenly had an image of living in a palace, with butlers, servants, and chefs in the massive kitchens cooking up menus of delightful dishes. We didn't do it and he cooks for us now. But I can't believe someone actually does that :) ! Very unique. I couldn't live without my cleaning lady Cleo though!!! Those are hours of PEACE and PRODUCTIVITY ;)

]]> By: DaveHoran.com » “Personal Chef” on the cheap http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/the-price-of-my-dreams-60-a-week/comment-page-2#comment-2833 DaveHoran.com » “Personal Chef” on the cheap Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:53:09 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=16#comment-2833 [...] The Price of my Dreams – $60 a Week [...] [...] The Price of my Dreams – $60 a Week [...]

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