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These experiments put two plausible routines next to each other — walking versus driving, four days versus five, cooking versus takeaway. The point is to compare the estimated difference in time, money or repetition. IfSketch does not tell you which choice is best.
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What if I walked instead of drove?
Compare walking a repeated local journey with driving it, using your distance, weekly rhythm and a simplified cost per kilometre.
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17 interactive experiments.
What if I walked instead of drove?
Compare walking a repeated local journey with driving it, using your distance, weekly rhythm and a simplified cost per kilometre.
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What If You Gained One Extra Hour Every Day?
See how a recovered slice of each day becomes hours, days and years over a chosen horizon.
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What If You Lost One Hour Every Day?
Add up the years given away to meetings, delays and small leaks in the day.
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How Much of Your Life Is Weekends?
See the share of a lifetime that falls on rest days, with an optional UK bank-holiday boost.
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What If You Reclaimed 30 Minutes Every Day?
Watch a modest daily recovery grow into days and years over a horizon you choose.
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What If I Stopped Buying Takeaways?
Price a takeaway habit over the years. About spending, not about diet.
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What If I Cut My Spending by 10%?
Apply a percentage trim to a monthly spend figure and see the pounds that would be freed.
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What If I Saved My Coffee Money?
Price a drinks habit over the years. About the receipt, not about caffeine.
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What if I stopped using my car?
Add up fuel, insurance, parking, maintenance and extras for a year, then see what remains if you still own the car.
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What if I worked four days a week?
A calendar comparison of two working patterns after holiday weeks — not a claim about pay, rights or productivity.
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What if I worked from home one more day?
Compare the estimated commuting time and day-cost of adding between one and four home-working days each week.
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What if I reduced my home heating?
Apply a reduction you choose to a monthly heating cost and a heating season you choose. Not a universal saving.
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Petrol vs electric running cost
Compare petrol and electricity running costs from mileage, mpg, miles per kWh and unit prices. Purchase stays off unless you add it.
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What if I cooked at home more?
Compare takeaway and home-cooked meal prices for the number of weekly swaps you choose, then let the gap run for years.
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Train vs driving
Put a driving cost per mile next to a train ticket and two journey times. Compare the estimated difference, not a best mode.
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What if I replaced an old appliance?
Compare kilowatt-hours, a unit rate and a purchase price over a number of years. Every figure is an estimate.
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What if I bought less and reused more?
A replacement-cycle calculator: item cost, how often you buy now, how often you would buy if you reused more, and years.
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