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What's the biggest problem you have and how have you tried to solve it?


What's the biggest problem you have and how have you tried to solve it?


  👤 themodelplumber Accepted Answer ✓
Revving the productivity engine too high. It results in a lot of unwanted outcomes related to stress buildup.

How I've tried to solve it:

- Therapy, coaching, becoming a coach, pursuing various certifications

- Measurement of stress levels through various means (others and my own). Spreadsheeting, journaling, inventing own measurement devices

- Supplements & nootropics

- Developing my own modular productivity system

- Diet, exercise & fitness

All of those have been reasonably successful so far, and I've made a lot of progress, with a loooong way to go. I'd say my zone of current expertise is at about level m2_7 in my subjective measurement system [0] which was developed for assessing progress in areas like this.

Current ideas and measures for the future:

- I came up with a new way of measuring time that's more intuitive and less exact. It's based on personality theory. It's brand new though and needs more time.

- Other chemicals (i.e. 2020's _Druk_ / _Another Round_ experiment; I recently left a very restrictive cult, so...Experiment idea A + New situation B = :-) )

- Developing new words/labels for the problem that don't involve the term 'stress'

- Exploring new ways to stabilize a given situation, schedule, or process

A long way to go but I really enjoy this work, particularly the subjective side of it. It does bring me a lot of joy to work on this problem, annoying as it is :-)

0. https://www.friendlyskies.net/intj/from-experience-to-master...