[rcheu]

Your thinking rate might be fixed (or more likely, decreasing with time), but one thing you can do, which is not mentioned here, is become more efficient.

This means looking for ways to improve the things you do and finding shortcuts so you have to think less. Most commonly, I do this by looking back at how I did a task and writing down things to help me complete it faster next time. Examples:

- write down the common mistakes I've made in the past and use it as a checklist to check before I push code

- create run-books for debugging issues. This is both for specific areas and general process things such as "Make sure you check all the relevant grafana dashes."

- add questions and answers on StackExchange/Quora when I run into problems/questions that take me awhile to resolve.