I've been thinking a lot about complexity lately, what I don't know and can't decide is whether it's a permanent thing or not in my life.
Ok let's talk about complexity pain points.
1. Home lab/network/tech complexity. I host some stuff on my own, stuff breaks, I have to fix it or figure out why it isn't working. Case in point, I was using jellyfin at home, but it wasn't working with Roku, I could visit the webpage and it worked fine. Heck I could visit some other video files and it worked fine. It turns out a format I have been ripping my files in, is apparently suddenly 'less compatible' with Roku, or my network or something. Why don't I just stream Netflix/Hulu/Disney+ etc, and forget about it.
I could go deeper but I like to own my own stuff. so I buy a lot of DVDs and rip em, so I can watch stuff at home, and not rely on services with licensing agreements, etc.
2. Financial. I won't get deep into this for obvious reasons, but I have too many accounts, but if I want to invest in way X, I have to have an account, same for Y and Z.
I guess I could only have one account, but would I make as big of a return? Dunno. But complexity.
3. Food. I'm picky, I'm sure Ive mentioned it before but I'm picky, we went out to eat last night (teppan style), but I don't like onions, mushrooms, and broccoli, so things are complicated ordering. I ended up paying for fried rice I wouldn't eat. And only got about half the vegetables I would normally get due to pickiness.
How do I fix this? Dunno, pick only restaurants I don't have to modify what I'm eating? Fix my pickiness? (Maybe a new years resolution?)
4. Health. I think everyone says sleep is important, so get a ton of sleep, but if I get more sleep...I get more sleepy through the day, so do I sleep less? Will that affect my health? It would be nice to keep my sleep to a minimum so I can do things like work on projects, or even workout. Which also working out is complicated for me, I don't want to use certain apps so instead of getting a workout recommendation and following it, I kinda just do what I feel like, which is not ideal.
I'm sure there is more but I'll stop here. These are things I thinking about and wonder, do you dear reader think the same? How do you manage this complexity?
