Remember When I Used to Want an Apple Watch?

The bloom is off the rose...

Like everyone (I mean, I think everyone?), in my early adult life, a combination of circumstances and ambition led me to try and optimize everything. I worked very hard to keep on top of my email, to run the laundry and dishes at times that were both ecologically preferable¹ and also would prevent the neverending pile of things unattended to to build too…