{"id":16,"date":"2013-01-21T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-09-27T01:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:12:23","slug":"late-night-mumbo-jumbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/2013\/01\/21\/late-night-mumbo-jumbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Late night mumbo jumbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">\n<p>Have you ever heard the saying, &#8220;If you want something, put in more effort than you think you should&#8221;? I&#8217;ve taken this advice to heart and have consistently applied it, even in the face of criticism. However, recent events have caused me to reevaluate the wisdom of this approach.<\/p>\n<p>It felt like a revelation, as if the universe was sending me a message, when I realized that I may have been squandering my efforts. I&#8217;ve invested significant time and energy, only to encounter excuses and disappointments along the way.<\/p>\n<p>My hypothesis for this perplexing phenomenon is quite simple: &#8220;The sum of effort exerted plus time invested should yield an equivalent result.&#8221; This equation seems fair and reasonable, wouldn&#8217;t you agree? But when &#8220;effort + time&#8221; leads to consistently irregular or meager returns, it&#8217;s time to question the equation itself.<\/p>\n<p>According to the initial equation, when effort is reduced, the expected result diminishes as well. This is logical and anticipated. However, when the opposite occurs, it&#8217;s crucial to reevaluate our position.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t claim to be an expert in these matters, but it&#8217;s essential to know when to draw a clear line between what&#8217;s worthwhile and what&#8217;s simply &#8220;bullshit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For now, I propose an experiment: let&#8217;s explore an equation involving less effort and less time. Naturally, the result should be less, but who&#8217;s to say this isn&#8217;t the equation we should be using all along?<\/p>\n<p>To be continued&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever heard the saying, &#8220;If you want something, put in more effort than you think you should&#8221;? I&#8217;ve&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mumbo-jumbo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mambo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siyaz.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}