On the contrary, I accounted for the costs. That was the point of the final paragraph -- that they have costs. If they're important actions to take, it makes sense that they have costs. If they're important, it makes sense that you accept those costs as necessary. [1]
If they're not, of course, then no such acceptance, nor any action, is required. But as long as you agree (really agree, not just agree because it's not that far off the truth, or to be nice), you will make the sacrifice. The only alternative is that they're not actually that important to you right now, and you just believe that they are.
[1] For example, as an extrovert, reflection (particularly self-reflection) drains me, but that doesn't mean it's any less important for people universally to regularly, systematically reflect, just because it has that cost to me and many others. In some real sense the drainingness is much magnified by my lack of skills in the area. I don't get to say it's too hard just because it is hard. I can only win if I do it in spite of, or even BECAUSE it's hard.
For example, as an extrovert, reflection (particularly self-reflection) drains me, but that doesn't mean it's any less important for people universally to regularly, systematically reflect, just because it has that cost to me and many others.
Speaking as an introvert, socialization drains me, but I socialize. Obviously, the costs of not doing so at all would be far greater to me than the cost of engaging in some socialization.
Suppose I told you right now, "You should triple the amount of time you spend in self reflection, because self reflection is...
r/Fitness does a weekly "Moronic Monday", a judgment-free thread where people can ask questions that they would ordinarily feel embarrassed for not knowing the answer to. I thought this seemed like a useful thing to have here - after all, the concepts discussed on LessWrong are probably at least a little harder to grasp than those of weightlifting. Plus, I have a few stupid questions of my own, so it doesn't seem unreasonable that other people might as well.