One of the best pieces of advice I ever got, delivered by a wise person while I was fuming over a parking ticket:
"3% of your income is for mistakes. If it's too much over, you're too sloppy. If it's too much under, you're sweating the smalls stuff too much."
"3% of your income is for mistakes. If it's too much over, you're too sloppy. If it's too much under, you're sweating the smalls stuff too much."
The exact number should probably be varied depending on life circumstances, etc. But the idea that one can make *too few* mistakes and that this is a sign of wasted energy on diminishing returns was... profoundly transformative, and I've ended up applying it everywhere.
Related: A German friend just told me that Germany is having a much worse time with the vaccine rollout, literally because Germany is spending a huge amount of time making sure only eligible people get the vaccine, where the US has a "if a few people line-skip, eff-it" strategy.
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