By contrast, the author was able to both read and write the post without such exhaustion, perhaps due to the fact that he wasn't wasting mental energy on recurring tasks.

The idea is when you need to get work done, you procra^H^H^H^H^H^H work on your emacs startup files...

Here is an easier approach:

https://easyorgmode.com/blog/a-workflow-for-using-org-mode-w...