There’s a lot to be said to be time-conscious (conserving precious time; Taylorism at a personal scale). And the many distractions and clicks and paperwork that add friction to lived-experience and deplete energy, good will, money, and time. The account of a Japanese man dedicating a year to learning to be a Zen monk at Eihei-ji back in the 1990s illustrates the ultimately streamlined, minimalist life ( Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan’s Most Rigorous Zen Temple). When it comes to efficiency (lowering the friction co-efficient), instead of taking the position for or against “life as a spreadsheet,” the challenge is to find the right amount of friction or inefficiency that suits a point in one’s life; ‘moderation in all things’ a philosopher once said. The idea of “form factor” (the physical facts that affect functional limits; the connection of form-follows-function) can be used to look at one’s path in life in hindsight, as well as to look at the person’s current routines, obligations, and aspirations, too. This article on The Efficiency Delusion points to many important considerations in giving shape to one’s day and one’s life.