[seren]

All waking hours are not that fungible, 20 minutes at $150/hour are likely more intense, focused or mentally demanding, than putting trashes in the bin. (Unless your roommate is a garbage collector!)

I used to regret the time I have spent playing, reading, or browsing mindlessly at night, but there is no way that after a full day of demanding work, I would have enough mental energy left to learn a new framework, or foreign language...