But also note that forcing yourself to do thing X can and often will backfire[1]
I must have mis-worded the first sentence. I guess it’s hard for me to write advice without it being read as ‘naively maximize this in a way that leads to burnout instead of actually maximizing it’, cause I modified the original phrasing away from ‘minimize’ to ‘trying not to’ to try to avoid that interpretation.
I just try to add that disclaimer whenever I talk about these things because I’m extra-worried that ppl will be inspired by my example to jump straight into a severe program of self-deprivation without forethought. My lifestyle is objectively “self-deprivational” relative to most altruists, in a sense, so I’m afraid of being misunderstood as an inspiration for doing things which makes my reader unhappy. 🍵
I must have mis-worded the first sentence. I guess it’s hard for me to write advice without it being read as ‘naively maximize this in a way that leads to burnout instead of actually maximizing it’, cause I modified the original phrasing away from ‘minimize’ to ‘trying not to’ to try to avoid that interpretation.
I just try to add that disclaimer whenever I talk about these things because I’m extra-worried that ppl will be inspired by my example to jump straight into a severe program of self-deprivation without forethought. My lifestyle is objectively “self-deprivational” relative to most altruists, in a sense, so I’m afraid of being misunderstood as an inspiration for doing things which makes my reader unhappy. 🍵