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I like to approach this from a perspective of if I save y many hours by buying some service or product, then if my time is valued at x per hour, am I making a profit? Once that is considered I also consider if I can make that money back. So instead of cleaning the house myself, I might hire a team to come do it. During the time they are cleaning my goal is to do some kind of work that helps me earn that money back ideally.

There was a time I bought a Mac book pro. I felt it would save me developer time and focus compared to my old HP laptop. So I set out to earn that money back in 6 months (did it in 4). I feel like this complete approach helps.