{"id":1134,"date":"2009-03-04T15:27:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T23:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2009-03-04T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T23:27:53","slug":"money-in-exchange-for-peace-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/money-in-exchange-for-peace-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Money In Exchange For Peace of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I received an invoice for some services as it is the tax season and at the same time people operating businesses need to report all these annual documents to the government.  I personally just have a firm handle this for me and so all I need to do is sign the proper paper work, send it back and that should be the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>I was just reviewing the information and honestly considering that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly run some kind of operation that has say 100 board of directors the paper work is extremely minuscule.  At the same time, the fee for doing this is over $250.  <\/p>\n<p>As an example of difficulty, imagine it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like you needing to renew a magazine subscription and all the person is really doing is sending in the renewal form for you once they get your signature.  Of course when it comes to a business of some sort it is a little more delicate, but workload wise it is very similar.<\/p>\n<p>I often refer to these as peace of mind expenses as the work seems so simplistic in a pure profit way for the company that you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but to wonder why you aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t simply doing it yourself.  I know for me in this situation it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to mess up in anyway as you are often told how it can be so bad for you if you do something wrong.<\/p>\n<p>So when I think about it, is the peace of mind really worth it for the amount that I am paying for?  Cause really, from a technically point of view it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like the task in general is extremely complex in nature considering the circumstance.  <\/p>\n<p>I usually do better when it comes to my personal life though when it comes to these types of expenses as I always try to learn as much as possible to be able to do things myself if necessary.  Hey, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more fun that way too I find. Ironically, you save money and get a better piece of mind knowing that you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to be dependent on a 3rd party source too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I received an invoice for some services as it is the tax season and at the same time people operating businesses need to report all these annual documents to the government. 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