Interesting question.
From my perspective, I want to extract the maximum possible joy and benefit from each experience, so tripping when I cannot take advantage of my trip means that I missed the chance.
If I could trip an unlimited number of times in my life, this might not matter, but after nearly 25 years of tripping, I have seen that this is not possible.
Either I am too busy, or don't have the chemicals, or am tired from working/playing/tripping another time, etc.
I have not been able to fit more than about 100 full experiences into these 25 years.
Not that I didn't try...
I did at least get another 100-200 low-dose experiences as well, during which I had to function and even stay on task and produce something.
The chemicals helped in some ways (such as creativity and energy) but hindered me in other ways (such as dealing with certain human relationships and "thinking straight").
I don't regret doing them, but the
full experiences were much, much more beneficial and fun. I would probably trip heavily once a month if I could.
But I can't.
Because I am taking care of my children, or cooking for my family, or at school teaching a class, or need to sleep because the next day I will take care of my children or teach a class....
Get it?
The number of times one can trip in a lifetime is, unfortunately, limited.
Therefore, it makes sense to me to think of making good use of trips.
Which means that trips can be wasted. Instead of being able to explore the inner realm of consciousness or my personal history or interpersonal relationships or music or art or sex or poetry, I have to write a paper/ clean a floor.
Not a very good deal.
