Every price tag hides a second, more honest number: how many hours of your life it actually costs. A $60 pair of shoes isn't just $60 — if you earn $20 an hour, it's three hours of your time, gone. Paid in Hours does that conversion instantly, so instead of asking "can I afford this?", you can ask the more useful question: "is this worth three hours of my life?"
Money is abstract — a number in an account, a swipe of a card. Time isn't. Everyone intuitively understands what an hour of their life feels like, and once a purchase is measured in hours instead of currency, it becomes much easier to notice when something isn't actually worth it — and, just as often, to feel good about the things that clearly are.
You enter your hourly rate (or your monthly salary and hours worked per week, and we calculate the rate for you), then the price of anything you're considering buying. Paid in Hours converts that price into hours or work-days on the spot. You can optionally name the item and mark it "Worth it" or "Not worth it" — the ones you mark "Worth it" are saved to your personal history, right there in your browser.
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