space for automation to take care of the low-value tasks, but I want control of the high-value activities.

This is my perfect compromise to integrate AI into my life. So far I have done very little with AI. No automation, maybe a few AI searches instead of Google searches. Am I the boomer now? Am I turning away from technology? Yikes! I'm becoming my anti-tech parents.

As far as seasonality, your theories about structure make sense. I guess it is time I finally moved forward with those plans to go to Costa Rica. The warmer tropical climate will fit my unstructured lifestyle.