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The Living Time Calculator
The cost of distraction, compounded honestly.
The hours are not being wasted. They are being taken. This calculator does not blame you for the noise. It shows you, honestly, what the extraction costs your household, compounded over a lifetime.
Your household
Pick a mode, then adjust the sliders. The result updates as you go.
Person 1 (you)
35
2 hrs
$40
Person 2 (partner)
33
2 hrs
$35
Children
2
12
3 hrs
$20
Compounded over the household lifetime
14,600 hours
$584,000
That is what the extraction costs, at the current settings. Adjust the sliders to fit your actual situation.
What to do with the number
Do not use it to feel bad.
Use it to notice one hour. Not all of them. Just the one you can take back today. Then take it back tomorrow, too. The compounding works in both directions.