Low Effort, High Impact

We own an electric vehicle.

When you own an electric vehicle, your fluency with understanding range (how many kilometers left before you need to charge) increases dramatically.

With an electric vehicle, you can instantly see the effect that any comfort-based choices have on your range.

We're entering the colder months now, so naturally when we get in the car we want to turn the temperature and the fan speed up.

These are necessary, comfort-based choices.

Both of these choices bring the range down quite dramatically. The car has to work quite hard to keep us comfortable.

Let's categorize these choices as high effort (for the car) and high impact (for our comfort).

The other thing about getting into a cold car, is the steering wheel.

It's often uncomfortably cold to touch.

Unfortunately, driving without one is a little difficult.

Fortunately for us, our car has this really small button that, when clicked, makes the steering wheel far more comfortable to hold in the cold.

It's the button to heat the steering wheel.

The most interesting part about this button? It has no effect on the range.

In other words, the choice to press this button can be categorized as low effort (for the car) and high impact (for our comfort).

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What is your equivalent of the heated steering wheel button?

The low effort/high impact choice?

Here are a few for me:

Tidying the house—different from cleaning it.

Playing a video game—like Stardew Valley.

Listening to a great playlist—I have one called Feel Good, which I play exclusively play when I'm in a low effort/high impact mood.

Reading.

Going for a walk outside.

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Keep a curated list of ideas for this category of choices.

Especially if you feel like you're expending a lot of effort right now and not seeing a lot of impact.