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  • Speaking of “paying 10% for the privilege”, one of the things irked me was my dad’s insistence that tithes had to be monetary. Per him, volunteer work didn’t count.

    I was roped into running the computer, or doing the sound, for all 5 services Saturday + Sunday, plus practice before hand. 16 hour commitment twice a month.

    My day job was only 20 hours/wk back then, so in terms of time, my volunteer work was ~30% of all my work. Yet my dad still insisted I payed 10% of the taxed cash I received…

    That was one of many “cuts” in my “death by 1000” for being religious.


  • MrMusAddict@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldToo damn high
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    6 months ago

    Two things:

    1. see if your power provider offers an “equal pay” plan, where your payments are normalized over 12 months. This provides consistency.

    2. Budget Budget Budget! Keep track of your monthly income and expenses, and plug this equal pay into it.


    Often times your power company will let you do equal pay before having 12 months of usage history.

    The one thing is that if you use more than you’re paying for, you have to pay the overage at the end of the 12-month cycle, AND your payments increase. So, don’t get used to leaving all the lights on!

    On the flip side, if you use less, you’ll either get a refund or accumulate credits which will lower your next year’s payments.