Absolutely. Another way of thinking about it is a punctuated equilibrium: in some domains it feels like nothing is happening for the longest time, then you suddenly experience ‘overnight’ success. I have noticed that I find projects with delayed or noisy feedback loops super stressful, even if I know there’s a solid expected payoff waiting in the wings.
I am a fan of Marie Kondo and Peterson for the exact reason you describe, and enough people have mentioned IFS now that I’ll have to check it out. What’s the ‘spoon’ thing in reference to? This seems to be one of those LW-isms that I’ve missed somehow.
Absolutely. Another way of thinking about it is a punctuated equilibrium: in some domains it feels like nothing is happening for the longest time, then you suddenly experience ‘overnight’ success. I have noticed that I find projects with delayed or noisy feedback loops super stressful, even if I know there’s a solid expected payoff waiting in the wings.
I am a fan of Marie Kondo and Peterson for the exact reason you describe, and enough people have mentioned IFS now that I’ll have to check it out. What’s the ‘spoon’ thing in reference to? This seems to be one of those LW-isms that I’ve missed somehow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory