Why I Still Eat PB&J Sandwiches Everyday for Lunch
I am 26 years old, have a master’s degree and Roth IRA, and I still eat a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich almost every day for lunch.
To most, this sandwich is probably a relic of the past. Something you ate between the ages of 6 and 12. Something your mom would lovingly make and pack in a brown paper bag before school each morning. Most people stop eating these sandwiches when bringing your lunch stops being cool. Usually around high school. Or maybe it morphed from a delicious and cheap lunch, to something you’d make around midnight after smoking a joint.
Either way, the PB&J fab usually dies for in your teen years, or after college. Then, you start earning “real money” and can afford more luxurious lunches — aka Subway and Chipotle. The lines at nearly everywhere fast casual eatery are never-ending between the hours of 12 and 2 pm on weekdays. White collared professionals line up to spend $15+ on a bowl of leafy greens. But that’s just what people do. Because they can afford to. Or so they think.
Spending $10–15 per lunch during the week quickly adds up. My math suggests it’s over $50 a week on lunch alone — and that’s with the cheap lunches. That’s $2500 a year (calculating 50 work weeks per year). Yikes. Frugal people know what a trap this truly is. Bringing your own lunch is a financial, and often a…
