May came to a shocking conclusion

This is how you save 400 euros a month

It's all Richard and Sam's fault. The founders of the Gym Republic who seem to take a satanic pleasure in making me work up a sweat. Three times a week. At least. And I thought: well, if I'm going to do all this anyway, it would be nice to see some results. (Here you can read the symptoms you recognize when you suddenly start exercising) So I turned to Richard for some nutritional advice. I knew it all myself, but when the boss says it, you listen better.

Long story slightly shorter; for the past week and a half, no sugar, bread, pasta, and those kinds of things for me. But especially: no alcohol. Or at least a lot less. Suddenly I hear myself saying very strange things, like: “I’ll just have a glass tonight, so I want a really good wine” and yesterday at a party “I’d like a Spa Red, thank you.” And “I’ll drive home.” It’s a bit of an adjustment, but it’s working, it’s working. Life is still fun and pleasant, and hey, do I see the outlines of a six-pack?

In my positive, alcohol-free flow, I started calculating. How much I normally consumed in a week. Certainly two glasses a day. But that could easily become three. And on the weekend, I would casually finish a bottle. Per weekend day, that is. You quickly get to that. That’s six glasses. And let me have an expensive taste, so my bottles quickly cost 15 euros. Well. Here we go. Per week, including visitors who like to sip with me, I go through seven bottles, laughing. But that could easily be ten. That makes a total of 10 x 15 = 150 per week, which is 600 euros a month. 600 euros. That’s just crazy. Now I will definitely keep drinking, but a lot less. Let’s say it stays at 10 bottles a month (including visitors), we come to a savings amount of 450 euros.

And let that just be the amount of the Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists T-shirt from Dior that I have been longing for weeks.