It’s an old haunting dream of the field biologist; if only his surveys were just a horizon wider… :) Although, the more literal the dilemma is, the easier it is to come to terms with the end result. And when your exploitation looks like other people’s exploration OR you can hang one on the other, it helps, too.
For example, browsing new books your shop has just received, it’s exploration of books and exploitation of time (and they pay you for it. That’s just weird.) Riding your bike at six in the morning to dig up the potatoes (because it’s too hot after ten) is a win-win, since it gets you on the bike on a wonderful morning and the potatoes in the cellar. Imagining yourself to be calling someone back in the 1800-s when you have your parents on the phone makes you more willing to explore their life, not just exploit your hardwon knowledge of the routine. (I actually told Mom it’s like calling someone back in the 1800-s after she said her usual “everything is as it always has been”. There was a pause, and then she said “Yes!”)
It’s an old haunting dream of the field biologist; if only his surveys were just a horizon wider… :) Although, the more literal the dilemma is, the easier it is to come to terms with the end result. And when your exploitation looks like other people’s exploration OR you can hang one on the other, it helps, too.
For example, browsing new books your shop has just received, it’s exploration of books and exploitation of time (and they pay you for it. That’s just weird.) Riding your bike at six in the morning to dig up the potatoes (because it’s too hot after ten) is a win-win, since it gets you on the bike on a wonderful morning and the potatoes in the cellar. Imagining yourself to be calling someone back in the 1800-s when you have your parents on the phone makes you more willing to explore their life, not just exploit your hardwon knowledge of the routine. (I actually told Mom it’s like calling someone back in the 1800-s after she said her usual “everything is as it always has been”. There was a pause, and then she said “Yes!”)