The formula in the subject is true, but it turns out that we are not really that good at figuring out odds and value. This causes issues with your happiness. Comparison and contrasting things further impacts this decision making.
How To Do Precisely the Right Thing At All Possible Times is a brilliant 49 minute presentation by Daniel Gilbert that will give you a case for paying $25 for a Big Mac. This is from the SXSW conference. The audio quality is poor, but worth it.
Scot Hacker has a much better writeup on this talk.
I have found it helpful to do the stretching exercises my physical therapist recommends. Do some core strengthening exercises, such as the ones highlighted at The Mayo Clinic. By keeping your core strong, your back won't put itself in a position to cause that sciatica pain you are having.
"To say my country, right or wrong, is something no patriot would say except in dire emergency; it is like saying, 'my mother, drunk or sober.'" - G.K. Chesterton
You were sick, but now you're well again, and there's work to do.
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paranoid little weirdo... in morse code..."