The price list of your life

Every number we have worked out on this site, in one list. Most expensive first.

Per year	What it is
$5,003	A year of driving, line by line The Math	Check it
$4,759	The first 33 minutes of your working day are worked for the car The Math	Check it
$2,917	The used car borrower pays 17,000 dollars less and 1,600 dollars more The Money Burner	Check it
$2,917	Your credit score, as arithmetic instead of folklore From Zero to Not Broke	Check it
$1,148	Delivery fees: paying twice for the same dinner The Money Burner	Check it
$875	Coffee versus investing: the 30-year math, and the number everyone leaves out The Math	Check it
$791	The streaming stack: the bill nobody ever decided on Compare and Switch	Check it
$696	Your phone bill: 1,359 dollars a year that renews itself Compare and Switch	Check it
$588	Your gym membership: the most expensive way not to work out The Money Burner	Check it
$420	Overdraft: the loan you never applied for, at a rate no lender may advertise The Money Burner	Check it
$188	The account that charges you for not having enough money in it Compare and Switch	Check it
$168	The car insurance quote you have not re-run since you bought the car Compare and Switch	Check it
$65	The membership fee is the least interesting number in warehouse club math Cheap Life, Good Life	Check it
$49	Broke because it was on sale Broke Because …	Check it

Adding these up gives you nothing: nobody has all of them at once, and some rule each other out. Pick the three that apply to you – that is your number, and it is in none of these rows.

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