Just make sure you don’t try to optimize dealing with someone who is insane. It won’t work.
Personal life is a playground for solving optimization problems
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Re: Personal life is a playground for solving optimization problems
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Time is the most finite resource any of us have. If you can create more time in your day, you have more to do literally anything else, including doing absolutely nothing if you so choose.
Doing absolutely nothing is not optimal
Sometimes I'm tired and don't realize it, so doing nothing until I'm bored sometimes pays off better than forcing myself to do "something"
Re: Personal life is a playground for solving optimization problems
#13What does the optimization make time for? What is the goal? Maximum accumulation of resources? Health? Happiness? If I save ten minutes by meal prepping, do I have to optimize _those_ ten minutes?
I would say the goal is up to you. If you have a set list of things you want to accomplish in a week, you’d optimize to ensure those tasks are done, and any leftover time can be spent on leisure. That’s just one model.