I usually take my hourly wage and compare it to the inconvenience.
For example, if that inconvenience takes about an hour of my life, but saves me more than my hourly wage, I take it.
There are exceptions of course, for example if I am low on money.
We do this comparison, with the added “will this save money” modification. My time outside of 40 hours per week can’t make me more money unless OT is approved. So that time is worth $0/hr. If the actions i do during that time save me money, I try to do them. It massively increases the amount of money we have for vacations and other fun stuff.
I’m also undiagnosed hyper focused ADHD, so that may be why. My wife tells me I can slow down, but I absolutely cannot.
I usually take my hourly wage and compare it to the inconvenience. For example, if that inconvenience takes about an hour of my life, but saves me more than my hourly wage, I take it. There are exceptions of course, for example if I am low on money.
We do this comparison, with the added “will this save money” modification. My time outside of 40 hours per week can’t make me more money unless OT is approved. So that time is worth $0/hr. If the actions i do during that time save me money, I try to do them. It massively increases the amount of money we have for vacations and other fun stuff.
I’m also undiagnosed hyper focused ADHD, so that may be why. My wife tells me I can slow down, but I absolutely cannot.
It also depends how much you like the activity. I’d rather do my job for 2 hours than cook for 1 hour.
Yup, that’s pretty much the reason I don’t cook anything that takes more than 15 minutes to make.
I usually enjoy cooking, which is why I do it. But im exactly like this with chores, gardening, etc.