I’m sorry, but you create your world. There is nothing stopping you from living like people did in the 50s or whichever utopian era you like.

Also proof that the new owner/landlord is acting suspiciously enough that all this extra work is warranted.

Unfriend. Block. Avoid.

They didn’t necessarily care about the rotation of the earth. They cared about how long until they should plant their crops again.

Cleaning up immediately is objectively better unless you have something urgently important that you should do instead.

The dishes? Clean them immediately and the food just washes right off. Clean them hours later means you need to do extra work getting the dried on food off.

Putting things away immediately after you’re done with them means they are out of the way and you know exactly where to find them when you need it next. Your house is more enjoyable to live in and you can invite guests over without worrying about cleaning before they show up.

You notice the time it takes to clean and organize (which you have to do now or later), but you don’t notice the small amounts of time wasted doing extra work because things are waiting around for you to clean. Individually those things don’t seem like a lot of wasted time but it adds up. And what are you gaining by waiting?

Think through what a good reaction would be for some common situations and remind yourself often of exactly what you will do in that situation. It’s usually the same types of things over and over, so your reactions are more habitual than anything. Have some new reactions prepared, and after a while your habitual reaction will be more like you want.

Hanging heavy carpets on the walls would probably be much easier.

Those types of people are so narcissistic they’ll just get annoyed and tell you to mind your business.

I think you have it right, but it has an ironic quality to it. The person is saying they would like to do it so much it would lose its novelty. I.e. they would like to do it regularly.

I still write parentheses when I don’t need to sometimes, but as I get more comfortable with order of operations it does make things simpler not to have all the nested parentheses in complicated equations.

Rail is complicated for different reasons. Technology isn’t the problem with rail. It’s the cost, getting the right of way, nimbyism, politics, environmental, and so on.

Have you ever seen a rail line built? They’ve been building a light rail line near my house since before I moved in 12 years ago and it’s not scheduled to finish for another 2 years. Funding and engineering went on for years before that.

Whatever new tech we need to get the trucks following each other will be done before this rail line. I think the technology is pretty close already. My wife’s 2016 Subaru has adaptive cruise control and lane assist which seems like enough to draft a semi.

Woah there Tex. Calm down. It sounds like you’re thinking I’m saying something that I’m not. We can have both. And I really rather like traveling on light rail.

But it’s said there wil probably never be another heavy rail line built in the us because of the cost.

Semi-autonomous vehicles on existing roadways is way less expensive and less complicated than building completely new rail lines everywhere.

Don’t underestimate passive security.

Plant rose bushes or cactus under your windows. Build a fence around your back yard and cover it with thorny bushes like a bougainvillea. Plant bushes near the front door so there’s only one rout to enter/escape. Build a low fence or hedge around the front yard so people can see in, but it’s an obstacle to entry/escape. Get a dog that barks at strangers.

Also, don’t leave anything valuable in plain sight.

Yea 2:45 sounds reasonable for a comfortable 3:00. A 10 minute swing sounds reasonable. But people were talking 20-30 min which seems excessive.

Right. I know what they are saying but I think that is wrong.

I’ve never run a marathon, but I’ve cycled for years. And at least for me, a 2-3% increase in speed on a long ride is the difference between a comfortable ride and possibly needing to stop and catch my breath.

I’m sure there are some 3:00 pace setters who can do 2:40 or 2:30 but it’s not as easy as it sounds.

Speaking of running faster, try this. Count backwards while doing push-ups or other strength exercises. ITS EASIER!

I’m not sure about this. 2:30 is 20% faster than 3:00. That’s a HUGE difference over 26 miles.