I prefer “feed two birds with one scone” 🙂

I also enjoy batch cooking/baking to save clean up time and oven use. And getting rid of my car encourages me to think about stacking functions with each trip or simply to remove unnecessary items from my daily to-do. Since each trip requires some amount of physical activity, I am much more intentional about where, when, and why I shop. And like you mention, I will happily pay a little more to support a local business that is along/near by bike route rather than make a special trip to a far away store.

I’ve also found that the idea of stacking functions is really helpful for weeding out the useless things in your life. For example, I think lawns are pretty dumb. Most people only step foot in their yards to mow the grass, so instead of buying back my time by hiring out lawn care, I prefer to get right to the root of the problem and implement alternatives to turf grass. My favorite is using our yard to grow fruits, vegetables, and native plants. This way our lawn is far more functional (for us and wildlife), provides us with food, and has become a fun hobby of mine.

Biking is very meditative for me. I like the rhythmic nature of it. I almost always feel happier after a bike ride.

Excellent!

Whenever I am feeling down I watch the turkey video – never fails to make me laugh.

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Excellent! I think many engineers stack functions instinctively.

I like to get three or four birds at a time 😉

I think I would garden more if my back allowed it…and if I were actually good at it 🙂

Thank you! I was recently in the LA area and my advice to you is to move 😉

Seriously though, there are no good transportation options for LA, or at least none I can think of. I would try to live within walking/biking distance of everything. I would live my life off peak to avoid the horrible time wasting traffic. I would plan my driving around efficiency, and do as much of my work from a computer at my house as possible.

Good examples. I have made the mistake (and still do sometimes) of wasting time to save very little money. I’m getting better though – just gotta take my own advice 🙂

I had to look up curvature, haha! Thanks for the comment.

I’m sure this concept can be applied to accounting and tax optimization as well 😉