Discretionary Time

Created: July 19, 2017

Perhaps this makes me lazy, but I despise doing work that I don't need to, or feel I shouldn't have to. I'd much prefer to delegate such tasks, or - even better - automate them.

This week I'm getting a sprinkler system installed in my backyard. For the last year I've spent about 2-4 hours per week out there fidgeting with manual sprinklers, trying my best to get optimal water coverage so the lawn doesn't burn up. Knowing full well this is a very privileged, first-world problem to have, it still frustrated me to no end because it is not, in my view, a worthwhile way to spend my time. I don't measure my wealth by the balance in my bank account, but rather by the amount of discretionary time I have. Watering my lawn manually is not the way I want to spend my time on this planet.

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