You sound like you’re either in your late 50’s and/or haven’t made your health a priority.

This isn’t my experience and I’m almost 40.

Not OP, but it’s learned discipline plus I can pretend I’m better than my way-too-many-tabs-open, loser co-workers.

How big is that pot?

Cycle between 3 and 1

At least meritocracy makes sense vs the physically impossible bootstraps one.

Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. That and marrying off his daughters and sending the kings to die.