comes down to time Indeed, that’s an overlooked factor with a lot of advice that’s telling you to just produce your own commodities in your spare time.

Here’s one that take up more space, but not really more time: Ever since Covid I’ve been building up a backlog of long-shelflife food that I regularly use anyhow. When my inventory starts to get low, I add it to the list and start to look for a deal. This way I can go to the grocery store less often, get more when I do go, and be more selective about choosing when to buy. Bread, for example, often goes steeply on sale when the grocery store needs to move inventory, so that’s when I reload my freezer :-)