Like many of us, I have this muscle memory like habit of scrolling endlessly online about everything and anything. Sometimes it's not a problem, but far too often I'm hooked and I find it really hard to stop. Next thing you know, it's 2am and I've not done what I was supposed to do.
Last night I got the wake up call I needed. I was deep in the YouTube rabbit hole where I came across a TED talk about excessive social media usage. This talk was different. It projected this wasted time over the course of someone's life, and I couldn't believe how much time it was. Years!
Curious, I wanted to calculate this for myself. I found a calculator online and saw far more wasted time than I wanted to see…
Today marks the day for change. I'm committing to not let this type of addiction and procrastination from getting in the way of what's important in life. I want be in control of what gets my attention, not algorithms that exploit my psychology. For anyone else like me, I really hope this helps. You too can break this habit!
by aitchy13
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Don’t like. Can we get the dots ordered in chronological order?
You forgot the time spent reposting this
What’s the difference between Wasteful and Free Time?
Time anxiety is real and mostly pointless. To borrow from Oliver Burkeman’s book _4000 Weeks_
>The more you confront the facts of finitude instead — and work with them, rather than against them — the more productive, meaningful and joyful life becomes.
You are not going to get to do everything. To live is to waste time and vice versa. To micromanage everyday around being productive or use your time “smartly” is just going to lead to even greater anxiety.