June 26, 2026
The Office Table
This weekend, me and the kids went and emptied out my storage unit.
Backstory...
When I used to have a big office, I bought this beautiful big rectangular solid wood dining room table to use as my desk.
It was glorious and I loved it.
When I gave up the office at the beginning of COVID, I didn’t have anywhere to put the huge table so I moved it into my storage unit.
Over the years, we moved most everything else out of the storage unit and just the table was left.
So for at least three years, the table has been the only valuable thing there.
The storage space cost $300 per month.
The replacement cost of the table was about $800.
Which means...
I spent about ten thousand dollars to save less than a thousand.
You might think this was “irrational” behavior, but it wasn’t.
I was 100% aware of the financial implications at every point.
It’s just that I cared about several other things more than the financial impact.
Here’s the thing...
Your buyers make “irrational” financial decisions, too.
Why?
Because money is not math.
It’s psychology.
Yours,
—J