[HN Gopher] How to Add 10 Years to Your Life
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       How to Add 10 Years to Your Life
        
       Author : MoBarouma
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-01-30 20:43 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | ijhuygft776 wrote:
       | TLDR: Stop wasting time.
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       | That's very subjective though...
        
       | marssaxman wrote:
       | The question this prompts for me is not _how_ , but _why_ : what
       | difference does it make?
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       | > Joe tells his friends over Facebook how he loves France and
       | wants to learn the language.
       | 
       | Does Joe actually _want to learn_ to speak French, or does Joe
       | merely wish he were the kind of person who _would_ learn to speak
       | French?
        
       | malux85 wrote:
       | I strongly disagree with this, if you force every spare minute
       | into productivity, the cognitive burden of context switching and
       | the addiction to the adrenaline of urgency leads to burnout.
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       | You don't have to make every second of every day "productive" or
       | you're never going to smell the roses.
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       | You will end up the richest skeleton in the graveyard, wondering
       | where time went
        
       | BatmansMom wrote:
       | You can only do so many productive things in a day
        
       | neom wrote:
       | Sometimes wasting your time is a result of depression or negative
       | life circumstances.
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       | Sometimes it's called being bored, killing time, tuning out,
       | doing nothing, Idling, lazing around.
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       | And it's important for mental and physical health.
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       | https://www.wnyc.org/series/bored-and-brilliant
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       | https://www.ft.com/content/6582f216-0050-419f-9c77-41ab36406...
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       | The author says: Wasting time is like killing yourself slowly. I
       | would say: not wasting some time is _actually_ killing yourself
       | slowly.
        
       | IvyMike wrote:
       | "I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let
       | anybody tell you any different."
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       | https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/we-are-here-...
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       | Spending less time on social media probably is a good thing but
       | not because it's unproductive, but because it tends to make
       | people less happy.
        
       | username135 wrote:
       | Pass. I dont need to stress over min/max'ing my free time.
        
       | slumpt_ wrote:
       | I'm sorry but this just immediately made me think of this
       | grindset hustle bro:
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       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoH9_wQnQ_A
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       |  _You 're toast_.
       | 
       | This article is framed incorrectly. The author is focused around
       | productivity or 'wasted' time. Rather, it should be about
       | ensuring that the things you fill your time with bring you joy.
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       | A lot of people fill their idle time gazing at social media, and
       | this activity isn't making them happier. _That_ makes it a waste
       | of time. To the extent they 're playing games or enjoying
       | themselves, and are otherwise managing their life - there is no
       | problem. There are no years to add to your life.
       | 
       | Life is not a formula to min max, at least imo
        
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