I consider myself a hacker, but I still try to manage my time and chose my fights. And I'm still way too much side tracked. There is absolutely no knowledge to

I consider myself a hacker, but I still try to manage my time and chose my fights. And I'm still way too much side tracked. There is absolutely no knowledge to be gained from completing the puzzle. You'll just train a bit your geometric pattern recognition, do you really want to invest days in that? If you're more in breadth than depth, then you can answer "no" without any shame, and just go learn something new. What if one day you need a good eye in pattern recognition? well the skill will itself increase with practice. The only other reason could be the social aspect of intellectually interacting with is wife for long stretches of time, and it's in their couple to decide how to do that.