I loved tinkering with Emacs, reading through code of packages like org-ql, writing my own helper functions in Elisp, migrating every tool I use to Emacs (Edito

I loved tinkering with Emacs, reading through code of packages like org-ql, writing my own helper functions in Elisp, migrating every tool I use to Emacs (Editors, IDEs, file explorers, diff tools, dedicated markdown editors, and many more). At some point I realized I was spending more time configuring Emacs instead of doing work. I have a tinkering-vs-doing chart in my mind where both activities are on opposite sides. With a limited amount of time per day, I was on one extreme side of this diagram (tinkering a lot, getting not much done). When I took over new responsibilities, I could not justiy this time anymore. I had to move quickly and deliver results. That‘s when I went back to dedicated tools (Ulysses app for writing markdown, Notion.so as a personal wiki (previously org mode), Logseq for personal notes, VSCode and PyCharm as an excellent Python IDE, etc. Now other people work intensely to perfect those dedicated tools. And I can solely focus at the task in front of me. With this shift in focus my productivity increased immensely. Now I still use Emacs. For text editing purposes. And I use macros a lot to transform text. But that‘s about it.