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What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
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Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#12Wasting time is absolutely glorious. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't or shouldn't. Or as Kurt Vonnegut put it "I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different" (That being said if Tik Tok is making you sad delete that shit right away. Wasting time is glorious but feeling depressed sucks.)
Time wasted with enjoyment is not time wasted.
Enjoyment is not a binary thing. Some "enjoyment" is very low-level, and instantly forgettable. But it's easy and frequently we're lazy. Getting up and doing something else frequently ends up be more enjoyable.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#13I concluded years ago that I'm not time-constrained, I'm energy-constrained. I couldn't explain it in terms of neurochemistry, but it's clear empirically that for me at least, willpower or mental focus is a resource which can be depleted, and work takes most of it. To me, the best way to use those 52 hours is not achieving things but caring for myself/restoring willpower, which means some blend of socialization, exer…
That's it, I have at least 4 hours / day free time but I don't feel any compulsion to fill it with anything important. This stress some people feel when they have downtime and aren't filling it with Something Productive is a fast track to burnout.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#14I suppose that article is written by someone who doesn't have:
- young kids
- chores to do
- a house/yard to maintain
- hackernews to read
?
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#15I concluded years ago that I'm not time-constrained, I'm energy-constrained. I couldn't explain it in terms of neurochemistry, but it's clear empirically that for me at least, willpower or mental focus is a resource which can be depleted, and work takes most of it. To me, the best way to use those 52 hours is not achieving things but caring for myself/restoring willpower, which means some blend of socialization, exer…
I often hear "The first hour is the rudder of the day."
In my case, it's "The first hour is the time during which my neurotransmitters are still mostly present."
I'd also expand energy to attention, or maybe even "mental space".
I notice that I'm able to think much more clearly when I don't fill my mind with random clutter. (i.e. when I make an effort to stay away from my phone for at least an hour.)
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#16Am I the only one thinking this urge to optimize our time is just anxiety? I'd argue not spending time worried about time usage would make one use better its time.
I'm not referring to the article per se, but to this kind of articles in general.
On this article: why school is considered not discretionary time? Also commute and meals are somewhat discarded. While cooking, or helping, read a poem or a short story; while commuting, read a book, listed to some good music. This way, discretionary time becomes 100%.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#17I concluded years ago that I'm not time-constrained, I'm energy-constrained. I couldn't explain it in terms of neurochemistry, but it's clear empirically that for me at least, willpower or mental focus is a resource which can be depleted, and work takes most of it. To me, the best way to use those 52 hours is not achieving things but caring for myself/restoring willpower, which means some blend of socialization, exer…
This is the worst of my linked in feeds.
"If there were only more hours in the day we could work."
The problem really is:
* Human malware.
* Managers introducing complexity where it shouldn't be.
* People wasting your time on issues that could really have been emails.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#18I suppose that article is written by someone who doesn't have: - young kids - chores to do - a house/yard to maintain - hackernews to read ?
This should be the top comment :D
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#19I concluded years ago that I'm not time-constrained, I'm energy-constrained. I couldn't explain it in terms of neurochemistry, but it's clear empirically that for me at least, willpower or mental focus is a resource which can be depleted, and work takes most of it. To me, the best way to use those 52 hours is not achieving things but caring for myself/restoring willpower, which means some blend of socialization, exer…
try waking up 3-4 hours before work and do something else you want to do but requires more energy. It's hard to keep the habit in today society, but it can be done.
Typically you can do your work good enough with less energy, if you've worked in the same place long enough.
Re: What would you do with 52 hours a week of discretionary time? (2023)
#20About 26 hours with my family, 6 hours of exercise, 10 hours cooking and house chores, and 10 hours playing games or something else relaxing.
It's not that hard to think about the things you want to prioritize and roughly schedule them, or to pick from that list of priorities depending on your energy/motivation levels at any given time.