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I am kind of doing that, spending my most free time reading, studying, working on personal projects, etc. And 24 hours per day is still not nearly enough for al

I am kind of doing that, spending my most free time reading, studying, working on personal projects, etc. And 24 hours per day is still not nearly enough for all what I want to do and learn and achieve :(

beaconstudios 5y ago
I can relate to your sentiment more than TFA these days. I spend very little time on here and youtube (my chief prior addictions) these days, but I have tons of things I want to do and little time to fit them in - projects, books to read, a blog/educational site to start, paintings to finish, etc etc. It's quite frustrating because I used to be very dissociative/escapist like the author and now I'm not I wish I could have all that time back! Especially now that I also have a baby on the way; much of my time is taken up preparing, and when he's here I'll be spending lots of time looking after him.
- squam 5y ago
  > I used to be very dissociative/escapist like the author and now I'm not I would love to hear more about how that change happened. I'd like to make a similar transition myself.
  - beaconstudios 5y ago
    I realised that the dissociative response was due to a strong emotional response that I wasn't properly addressing. In my case there were a few causes: - I severely lacked the organisational skills required to break down big work into smaller pieces so I got overwhelmed easy - I had lacked confidence in things I was unfamiliar with like DIY or marketing - sometimes I wasn't sure of the concrete next step and avoided the task instead of figuring it out The way out for me was that through mindful meditation I learned to become aware of when I was checking out, and instead I would just think about what might be causing me strong emotions, usually the next thing I was supposed to be doing. Then I'd work through said emotion by solving the issue that was causing it. Happy to elaborate via email if you want (in my profile).
serverlessmom 5y ago
This is where I'm at too at this point. My mind is so active it feels like I'm on fire with passion for what I want to accomplish while keeping myself healthy. I've definitely had to scold myself because I will catch myself trying to barter with my sleep so I can have more time to work on my projects, and I know that if you are sacrificing sleep you are sacrificing a lot of your bodies ability to heal and learn.

beaconstudios 5y ago

I can relate to your sentiment more than TFA these days. I spend very little time on here and youtube (my chief prior addictions) these days, but I have tons of things I want to do and little time to fit them in - projects, books to read, a blog/educational site to start, paintings to finish, etc etc. It's quite frustrating because I used to be very dissociative/escapist like the author and now I'm not I wish I could have all that time back! Especially now that I also have a baby on the way; much of my time is taken up preparing, and when he's here I'll be spending lots of time looking after him.

squam 5y ago
> I used to be very dissociative/escapist like the author and now I'm not I would love to hear more about how that change happened. I'd like to make a similar transition myself.
- beaconstudios 5y ago
  I realised that the dissociative response was due to a strong emotional response that I wasn't properly addressing. In my case there were a few causes: - I severely lacked the organisational skills required to break down big work into smaller pieces so I got overwhelmed easy - I had lacked confidence in things I was unfamiliar with like DIY or marketing - sometimes I wasn't sure of the concrete next step and avoided the task instead of figuring it out The way out for me was that through mindful meditation I learned to become aware of when I was checking out, and instead I would just think about what might be causing me strong emotions, usually the next thing I was supposed to be doing. Then I'd work through said emotion by solving the issue that was causing it. Happy to elaborate via email if you want (in my profile).

serverlessmom 5y ago

This is where I'm at too at this point. My mind is so active it feels like I'm on fire with passion for what I want to accomplish while keeping myself healthy. I've definitely had to scold myself because I will catch myself trying to barter with my sleep so I can have more time to work on my projects, and I know that if you are sacrificing sleep you are sacrificing a lot of your bodies ability to heal and learn.