Got a question for everyone. Reflecting on what has been a difficult weekend and year for me, I started looking at the numbers to rationalise/quantify how much I regret/appreciate my punting experiences to date and how much I could have saved if I never went out as much
My accounting shows that in 5.75 years, I have spent:
22.08k on all entertainment
10.4 on all punting related activities
= 47.1% of all my entertainment was punting
If I take off Berlin which was 1k and the trip of a lifetime to Artemis = 42.6%
I estimate 2220 (includes transport) of that 9.4K (excluding Berlin trip from 10.4K) were bad punts + transport. 21.3%
My wg count is 93 , I’ve had 20 odd neutral/negative experiences.
If someone told you in 100 punts you’d have 21odd crappy ones, is that a successful punting career?
Is 22.08k in 5.75 years, too much on entertainment in general?
Is 10.4K on punting in 5.75 years, too much?
Keen to get perspectives here.
I have previously done a thread on finances and net spend etc. and there are people who spend way more than I do.
Just curious where the above stacks up with what the rest of you have/do spend.
Mind you my salary averages 40k annually over that 5.75 year period
So on average 10% of earnings have gone into pure entertainment.. 4.5% roughly comprises punting
I find myself alone, scratching my head, wondering what I could have done with that money otherwise, whether the experiences were worth the money , whether the lost relationship and hard personal/emotional lessons I have now learnt were worth it. To me I should have been far more sensible over this time and taken far fewer risks. I’m probably lucky to be in the condition I’m in , mostly in tact except for scrambled brains
Appreciate some perspective when everyone has some time

Overthinking is my specialty
