But it also means you get less time to be playful, to figure stuff out in the way that more time might allow you otherwise.

后半句的语序没了解，otherwise在这个干什么成分？

我感觉这句话有的小问题，我倾向修改为：

But it also means you get less time to be playful, or to figure stuff out in a way that more time might allow you otherwise.

1. 补上or；

2. in the way 改为 in a way。

Otherwise比较简单了，它作副词时，指in another way/in a different way，作副词时，地方也就非常灵活了。

后面的意思大致是：不如此做的话，你便有更多时间解决问题。