Yeah, I agree there’s a whole-ass “how to actually do this” post that would be a lot more effort to write. And I agree, because this is fairly costly, you should put some thought it.
For now, I just wanted to get it into people’s option-space. If you’re trying a lot of microoptimizations but you have a nagging feeling that your life situation is fundamentally off, try fixing your overall life situation with more drastic macro-moves.
One thing to look for, is, when you talk to your friends about your problems, instead of being like “oh yeah I have those problems too”, are they more like “uh, are you sure you’re okay? This doesn’t seem normal.”
For example, when I was working at a job that was stressful and I came home crying a couple times a week, my then girlfriend said “hey, um, this isn’t okay. This is not how jobs are supposed to be.” And I’d say “but I think there’s a rare opportunity at this job to do something really meaningful” and she said “idk man it’s not that rare, there are other places you could work that do similar kinds of things.”
(This is a clue in cases where it’s, like, really clear cut. There are are subtler cases, that I don’t have off-the-cuff examples about)
Yeah, I agree there’s a whole-ass “how to actually do this” post that would be a lot more effort to write. And I agree, because this is fairly costly, you should put some thought it.
For now, I just wanted to get it into people’s option-space. If you’re trying a lot of microoptimizations but you have a nagging feeling that your life situation is fundamentally off, try fixing your overall life situation with more drastic macro-moves.
One thing to look for, is, when you talk to your friends about your problems, instead of being like “oh yeah I have those problems too”, are they more like “uh, are you sure you’re okay? This doesn’t seem normal.”
For example, when I was working at a job that was stressful and I came home crying a couple times a week, my then girlfriend said “hey, um, this isn’t okay. This is not how jobs are supposed to be.” And I’d say “but I think there’s a rare opportunity at this job to do something really meaningful” and she said “idk man it’s not that rare, there are other places you could work that do similar kinds of things.”
(This is a clue in cases where it’s, like, really clear cut. There are are subtler cases, that I don’t have off-the-cuff examples about)