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Learn to love wasting time on the internet and then you won’t need a life coach. I agree that self-motivation has its limits but I think the solution is to jus
by wilsonnb3 8y ago
Learn to love wasting time on the internet and then you won’t need a life coach.
I agree that self-motivation has its limits but I think the solution is to just do less.
Is there any reason you need to be building all of your side projects, getting into shape, learning a foreign language, and whatever else you’re trying to do right now?
Maybe just work on one side project. Maybe focus on getting in shape and six months or a year from now, once you’ve built some good habits, start working on that foreign language.
I understand the temptation to do everything ASAP but I believe it’s an unhealthy way to live.
- rootsudo 8y agoHeh, this is funny. I was in the exact position as OP and I think wasting time on the internet is bad because: 1. You trust a few sources, and you forget to see hidden bias. HN, Reddit, Facebook, other misc forums. 2. Internet addiction is real, it's a continued feedback loop that creates a dopamine addiction, especially if you lack dopamine in the first place. e.g. ADD/ADHD, like me. Self improvement is discipline, and I always suggest it --- I wasted a year, and my teenage years just messing around on the Internet. Sure it shaped my life, future into being in IT, but it can be a bad cycle if you don't know how to properly use time management techniques to reduce "wasting time." Time is valuable. Setting aside time per day compounds to week/monthly accured time. This can lead to new skills. OR just knowing the newest gossip. Learning new skills is good, and OP should do it. Seek experts, in what you want. Network, travel and be friends. Frittering away on the Internee in an endless loop of content is not the way to do it.