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I realized I have a very bad habit! In the past two days, I bought a chair and a computer desk. When buying a chair that costs six or seven thousand, I finished the purchase in five minutes, but today I agonized over buying a 500-yuan computer desk for an entire day. Looking back now, I feel like that day was a huge waste of time. Later, I thought about it and realized this kind of thing happens quite often. I also remembered when I bought a car I really liked, a million-level purchase, I paid within half an hour, but sometimes I spend a long time choosing a hotel that costs a few hundred yuan. Sometimes in investing, a million-level decision can be made over a meal, but when inviting friends to eat, I spend a long time choosing a good restaurant, reading reviews until my head hurts. I wonder if anyone else is like me! Being decisive on big matters but easily trapped by small ones? This is not good; it’s very draining. Now I reflect and feel that what really drains people are those things with unclear standards, too many options, and the constant feeling that there might be a better choice. I keep comparing, searching, adding new criteria, and in the end, to avoid a possible mistake of only a few hundred yuan, I spend several hours or even a whole day of attention. This feeling is terrible. Today I suddenly thought of a term: Attention ROI — Return on Attention. Naval said a lot; what’s valuable to us is attention. In our lives, we shouldn’t just calculate whether spending money is worth it, but also: is this thing worth spending so much of my attention on? A 500-yuan desk, if it consumes a whole day of my time and a night’s sleep, might be "more expensive" than a 6,000-yuan chair bought in 5 minutes. So this is a problem and needs to be fixed! What I’m thinking now is that before making choices in the future, I must first classify and rank them. Category A: Irreversible / High risk / Huge long-term impact Asset security, major investments, real estate, health, children’s education. Can be slow, can be studied repeatedly. Category B: Expensive but reversible Phones, furniture, travel. Give yourself 1–2 hours. Category C: Cheap + reversible + minor consequences Restaurants, hotels, daily necessities costing a few hundred yuan. 30 minutes max. Once this classification is done, don’t renegotiate later. Also, two ironclad rules. First, no consumer comparisons after 10 PM. Because once you sacrifice sleep, no matter how much the item costs, it’s not worth it. Second, no price comparisons or research after placing an order. This is very important. Sometimes after ordering, I still search: Did I buy the wrong thing? This only creates regret. Only one situation allows re-evaluation: after actual use, the core need is not met. Otherwise, the decision is closed. Third, the simplest solution: I will entrust all these potentially draining matters to people I trust who can do them well, so I no longer drain myself.