How many subscription services do you use?
There are so many software/service subscriptions that it can get annoying having to pay for more and more of them. However, have you thought about why and how they’re actually helping you?
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subscriptions for software and
everything it's isn't it annoying we pay
for iCloud and Netflix and Spotify and
Dropbox gee sweet I mean our phone is a
subscription our internet connection our
TV I don't have TV but TV cable
companies and so on isn't it annoying
paying for all these sub solutions I
know I find it annoying
however turn that around if you didn't
have these things would your life suck
some of them you could probably get rid
of you don't need Netflix you don't need
Spotify you don't need a telephone but
actually you do so you have to pay for
your subscription on your phone you
don't need specific software so you got
to choose the right subscriptions
depending on what you need not not kind
of a luxury item luxury item is like you
know going out and having a meal in a
restaurant now and again that you've
never done before that's a luxury item
so Spotify music is that a luxury item
or is there a necessity well it's not a
necessity it's a nice I mean there are
three tiers right necessity nice to
haves and luxury item so why do I pay
for Spotify and why do I pay for Apple
music why does she I don't pay for Apple
music why do I pay for Spotify well in
the olden days when I used to buy
records and then CDs I used to go and
spend hundreds every month just on
records obviously I used to DJ so I used
to get some things for free but instead
of paying you know 10 euros ten dollars
whatever it is per CD or per record
you're paying pretty much 10 for as much
as much as you want now there's a lot of
garbage on there but you find the ones
that you want then everything is that
now the stuff that's eclectic obviously
you don't have to go and buy so my point
is there are certain reasons why you
should pay for subscriptions for
software and stuff and services but
other things you just don't need
a needed need don't need it's not need
them need to look sometimes so if
another subscriptions subscription
service came up you've got to decide
whether it's worth getting it not I hope
God is another subscription and
depending on what it costs like Basecamp
is a hundred dollars I pay for it
because I want to use it because it's
it's actually saved me saving me a lot
of time and effort to work with my
clients and to do my projects asana it's
thirty five roughly 35 or 40 dollars a
month
minimum five users so you pay thirty
five or forty four five users now is
that worth it
for me it's not worth it because there's
only one of me but then I'm paying three
times the amount for base camp well I
find Basecamp better for me hence why I
don't use asylum because it originates I
found the sauna to be expensive it was
annoying having to pay for five so the
point is choosing the right tool for the
work that you need to do and things that
would help you along the way so you
don't get frustrated and annoyed with it
why am i coming up with this what am I
talking about subscriptions because I've
been thinking about it for a while but I
actually thinking of doing a
subscription service myself now I know
there's not gonna be thousands of
millions of people that are interested
in it but I think some will be the
reason why I think some will be is
because I'm constantly getting messages
for help and obviously I do help feed
people if it's a quick a message however
that takes my time away from the people
who are paying for my coaching services
so I don't think it's fair I don't mind
doing it but I don't think it's fair for
the people who are paying for a service
to give service away for free so make
sense so yes another subscription
service anyway if you have any questions
about subscription services or whether
you find them annoying
or whatever put them down below or send
me a message through my website make
charcoal that's a video for today enjoy
your day keep it simple and I'll see you
tomorrow ok bye bye ciao