We don’t get nothing

for nothing.

We’re either paying someone

to do the work or

we’re paying in our effort

to do the work.

I’m either going to pay someone

to mow my lawn or

I’m going to pay with

my time and energy

to mow the lawn.

Either way,

the lawn gets cut and

the cost gets paid.

There’s no free lawn and

no free lunch.

We’re either paying

in doing the work or

we’re paying

not to do the work.

It’s not a punishment.

It’s a pattern.

One that reveals

how we value

attention, time, and effort.

We call this

a post-survival design

and a classy problem:

choosing what kind of bill

we’re willing to pay.

Do your bills align

with how you value

attention, time, and effort?