So much of our life is consumed by work. Seeing your lifespan laid bare like this, there's a perverse instinct to optimize what remains. Have to be more productive, more efficient. But it's a bit like seeing you're bleeding out and deciding to optimize your blood donation schedule, isn't it?
My Life in Weeks
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#22In the preface of The Games of a Lifetime by Julian "Jaz" Rignall, life may be experiencing one art piece after another:
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The passage of my life is simply a gallery wall upon which I hang some of the most extraordinary, groundbreaking, exciting and downright thrilling pieces of video game art of the past half century. And yes, as far as I'm concerned, video games are most certainly art.
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#23That was nice to watch. I spent about 25 minutes going through that. But it was horrifying for me. I realized that I wanted to see if the source code is available but then realized that I really don't remember those details. I remember random things for my childhood but I don't remember the date when I started elementary school. I know that I got my first computer when I was in third grade but don't remember the date…
Recall isn't that simple. Some memories need to be jogged out with colors, smells, or sounds. You probably remember more than you first think, but it would be an involved activity to access.
Maybe a worthwhile one.
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#24This is a terrifying reminder of the shortness of our lives. I remember reading a blog by Tim Urban, where he showed that you could put all the weeks in your life on a single piece of A4 paper, and it didn’t feel nice.
Well, I saw it in the opposite way. Author has done a lot of things between his age and mine. So many new things for me to discover.
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#25So much of our life is consumed by work. Seeing your lifespan laid bare like this, there's a perverse instinct to optimize what remains. Have to be more productive, more efficient. But it's a bit like seeing you're bleeding out and deciding to optimize your blood donation schedule, isn't it?
Finding work that gives one enjoyment and purpose should be an important priority.
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#26That was nice to watch. I spent about 25 minutes going through that. But it was horrifying for me. I realized that I wanted to see if the source code is available but then realized that I really don't remember those details. I remember random things for my childhood but I don't remember the date when I started elementary school. I know that I got my first computer when I was in third grade but don't remember the date…
I usually don't remember details like that but I practice the ways to get them - e.g. for elementary school you should know how old you were for the year, and then you can check at what date elementary school starts in your area (where I'm from it's always 15th of September) so you can pinpoint it.
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#27It's interesting that she lists presidential inaugurations. I personally use those as milestones because my birthday is January 20th. It's fun to watch video of past inaugurations (since 1972) and think, "Huh, I was such and such age then. I don't remember everyone looking so weird!"
(The bad side, of course, is that I can have some truly depressing birthdays - like my 45th and 53rd.)
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#28So much of our life is consumed by work. Seeing your lifespan laid bare like this, there's a perverse instinct to optimize what remains. Have to be more productive, more efficient. But it's a bit like seeing you're bleeding out and deciding to optimize your blood donation schedule, isn't it?
> Have to be more productive, more efficient
Most people on their deathbed would counsel you to focus on relationships rather than productivity.
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#29This is a terrifying reminder of the shortness of our lives. I remember reading a blog by Tim Urban, where he showed that you could put all the weeks in your life on a single piece of A4 paper, and it didn’t feel nice.
Well, I saw it in the opposite way. Author has done a lot of things between his age and mine. So many new things for me to discover.
Her
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#30I immediately recognised the author’s name from Lifehacker in the early 2000s. Enjoyed countless hours reading that.