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<p>Great post from Ben Orlin on treating time as a constraint and not an optimization target.</p><p>Example from his post: Instead of what is the fastest meal I can make, consider what’s the best meal I can make in the next 40 minutes?</p><p>:blobcatcookienom:  <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lifehack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lifehack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022/05/03/optimizing-your-life-without-losing-your-soul/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022/0</span><span class="invisible">5/03/optimizing-your-life-without-losing-your-soul/</span></a></p>
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