When I was preparing for the GMAT, I’d frequently go to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks, or Borders to study.
Often I would be too distracted to study at home. The libraries around my apartment would close at in the early evenings… that’s way too early considering I usually got my studying in between 9PM and 11PM.
At $3-$6 a sitting (I’d usually get a drink, sometimes I’d splurge for a sandwich), these study sessions aren’t cheap. I went out to study at least once or twice a week. Assuming an average expenditure of $10-$20 a week, I was spending $50-$80 a month on coffee drinks alone!
I don’t know how I got into studying at coffee shops - it’s a habit that started in high school when I first started cramming for statistics at a Starbucks.
Mentally tallying up all the coffee money I’ve spent in the name of studying…. must have been in the hundreds.
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