Problems with bringing lunch to work

I have read a lot of financial articles about all the money that can be saved by bringing your lunch to work rather than buying it from the cafeteria or local restaurants. I would estimate that I spend about $40-$50 a week on lunches. That is almost $200 per month that I could be saving. That's a good chunk of change. Financially, I understand why I should bring my lunch from home, but it is not that easy. There are 2 reasons for that I have a hard time with this:

1. The social aspects of going out to lunch with my work friends.
2. I truly believe that my sanity is being saved by getting out of the office at lunch.

I have tried on numerous occasions to start bringing my lunch to work to save some money, but it has always ended in failure. For starters, when I bring my lunch in, I generally end up sitting in my office eating it, while everyone else still goes out to lunch. I feel as though I miss so much when I do not go out with them. Then there is also the problem of sitting at my desk and eating my lunch taking much less time than if I went out to lunch. It just makes the day seem so much longer because I do not get out of the office and I only take about a 15 minute lunch.

What do other young professionals think? Are you good about bringing your lunch in or do you view going out to lunch as a necessary expense?

Bringing lunch to work

Always, I save a ton of money this waySometimes I bring it, saves me some money at leastI tried to be good, it is just too hard to stick with itNever even considered it

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