chore^pleasure[def] hours of a day

Posted on by tiger40490 rendered_on [ Thu, 6 Mar 2025 ] 13:24 UTC

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See also ## retirement disposable time usage #reading@@

My 24-hour day can be regarded as spent on either C or P. “Chores” are (self-)imposed tasks that I had better get done to stay out of trouble, or tasks to earn me Pleasure. Let me drive it home with a question:

Q: why the heck do we work so hard on the chores? To get the pleasures

  • pure Chore hours include paid jobs [2] || clean-up || shower (pleasure?) || …
  • pure Pleasure hours include family grocery shopping || wechat (not me) || …

As listed above, Some hours are purely chore hours; Some hours are purely pleasure hours but most of my hours are a mix of the two

  • reflective writing[1] including ffree, rental prop == 1%c+ 99%pleasure
    • can take up dozens of hours a week
    • [1] emails, blogging
  • wellness and investment research such as FSM (about 5 percent of the tanbinvest blog) == 40% c
  • [2] day jobs — can be (if lousy) pure c and no pleasure. Fundamentally, Even a enjoyable job is mostly “chore” because we are bound by a professional commitment where we are paid a lot of money to do a job for them.
    • As a student, study is also something like an (imposed) job duty
  • yoga alone == 111% c ! Rahul urged me to make it more enjoyable/pleasurable … leading to higher “productivity” and better results.
  • yoga alone in my old age == 90% c since I would have more time and few other chores
  • yoga classes == 90% c + 10% p
  • other classes == 70% c
  • jogging == 70% c
  • driving == 80% c for me
  • commute — can be pleasurable if I have a good read with a SEAT. Blogging on train is one of the most pleasurable.
  • flight for reunion == 30% c + 70% pleasure, so I often look forward to it
    • return flight == 60% c + 40% p .. less pleasurable
  • — The 3 items below can occasionally provide great examples of burning pleasure
  • body-building coding drill == 50% c + 50% pleasure. Absorbency!
  • body-building QQ study == currently 45% c + 55% pleasure. I think for XR and others it’s less pleasurable
  • localSys learning == 95% c

Introspection — X% c doesn’t always measure absorbency (effort) required. For example, jogging is 70% c vs 100% c for laundry. Laundry takes less effort but has 0% pleasure.