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This was a nice breakdown of the unit costs, but I surprised by the author's conclusion. Even with a cheap value for his time ($25/hr), he's only saving about $15 dollars a year.

That said, kudos for explicitly including labor/time costs in the calculation.

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I initially included a calculation more specific to my life, but with most of my money coming in during the summer and the rest of the year spent in college I had a weird result that I thought might be unhelpful for the average reader. I chose to just give a simple value calculation instead.

I think you should also consider the risk of getting bored when you do everything yourself. If the stuff really helps, you might not want to risk stopping because it's too much work.

It's a hassle. I took a full stack of nootropics daily (a larger stack than what's described here, close to 20 pills / day) for about a year and ultimately just decided it was too much hassle. There are benefits, but laziness overruled. I may actually try this since having it all prepackaged for me is completely worth the difference in cost.

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