Yes, it's difficult, especially for two busy people who are juggling work, school, community group commitments, keeping up a house and garden, etc. But according to this calculator from bankrate.com (God I love the Internet), if we invested the money that we spent on buying lunch during the week, we could have $4511 after four years.
That's equivalent to about 15.5% of my yearly gross pay.
I was reminded of this when I forked over about $7 for my lunch today -- my fast-food, definitely unhealthy lunch. Usually we're good about this kind of stuff. On the weekends, we'll make big dinners and package the leftovers up for lunches. But this weekend we ate at other people's houses both days, making it difficult to do that. I'm going to a friend's house for dinner tonight, too, so I may end up having to buy lunch again tomorrow.
Eventually, we'll have a weekend where we'll make a big batch of soup or stew and freeze it. Until that day comes, though, I'll try to remember to wake up a little earlier in the morning to at least slap some peanut butter and jelly on bread.
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