Experimental July

As teased yesterday, I'm starting another experiment in July. This one's all about: no more min-maxing.

I tend to over-optimize the things I do. I basically constantly ask myself how I can get the best possible outcome out of whatever I try to achieve. I see this in my gym and running routines, where I regularly test new apps to figure out if one is better than the other. I see it in other hobbies too, where I'm endlessly tweaking to make something just a little bit better.

This has never really felt limiting to me, on the contrary. Trying to find ways to improve things is usually fun for me. But at the same time, I also know that good enough is often good enough, and there is no need to aim for perfect, as it only risks limiting yourself. And I sometimes wonder if I limit myself without knowing, but instead label it as "fun" and "part of the process".

So for July, I aim to stop all over-optimization. No apps for either the gym or running. No tweaking past a certain threshold, but instead ship it as is. By doing this for a month, I hope to recalibrate my sense of "good enough." And if there is some hidden perfectionism holding me back, I want to find it and burn it down with the might of a thousand suns.