I have a friend who has educated me on this subject. One specific example: he had a stapler on his desk (insert Office Space joke here). People in his family kept taking it, so when he needed to staple something, he could either choose to toss his entire house looking for his stapler, or he could drive a mile and buy another one. He literally saturated his house with staplers, and eventually, no one took the one on his desk. He chose the simple solution: get another stapler, versus the optimal solution: make some rules about where staplers should be kept in the house Etc Etc
Either approach has costs. Buying multiple staplers with multiple trips to the store costs something, but spending time on searching and then dealing with the friction of co-habitants stapler habits isn’t free, either.
I like the simple solution. Less stress, and it lasts.
There are other places this can be applied. Need work done on your home/property? Conventional wisdom says get “3 bids.” That involves at least 3 hours of “being available” (probably more like 12) then having to decide between contractors based on their price, etc. Simpler? Pick someone based on a personal recommendation or previous experience and just go with it.
Same applies to vehicles. Want to sell one? I can tell you from experience if you try to optimize that it will be a huge time sink, and may not work out well. Trade it in, or if is nearly worthless take the first offer, or donate it.
Simplifying can seem expensive, but once you factor in your time and mental health, may be the right approach. Life is complicated enough as is.