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Agreed. I often tell my parents to turn it off, to spend their free time actively. Watching TV is passive entertainment at its worst. I wish they listened.
You should suggest and encourage them towards new activities, rather than trying to get them to stop one activity. It's psychologically much more effective.
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Perfect distinction between "satisfaction" and "happiness". I think both are important. Satisfaction is typically the result of accomplishment. Accomplishments give us confidence. Confidence (an amazing subject) gives us the strength to mold and shape our lives into things we want. As an MMA'ist, you know better than probably anyone here the role that confidence has in a fight. If you are fighting someone new to the…
You should definitely read "Stuck in the middle with Bruce," if you haven't. Fits perfectly with what you're describing. http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/2005_Stuck_In_The_Mi...
I don't know if this comment will get read, it'll be buried down at the bottom... let's pretend it's a pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow :) In short: I agree with this article (originally proposed in THIS article/video http://www.fastcompany.com/video/why-change-is-so-hard-self-... ) I moved on from my job as a project manager a few years ago and spent a year dabbling here and dabbling there on different p…
I follow many of the advices, they make, already and they work great but many others I keep struggling to make a ritual.
1) Morning Workout: Takes time, especially on days where I have to commute a lot. Sure, I can make a good 5 minute workout but if I have to leave a lot earlier than my usual sleep cycle I don't even want to take that time. I might even decide to only shower the night before and hence can't afford a real work out before jumping in my clothes. Also, I found that I'm often significantly more tired over the whole day when I do a hard morning workout. I have plenty of experience of this from my time in the military. Sure, I should probably do a lighter workout. But I rather have a real workout later than wasting time on some wishi-washi with Homeopathic weights. And real, strenght workout requires full concentration and an awake mind.
2) Sleep Cycle: In winter, I usually succeed on this and I love the benefits. But now that the days are long its hard to enjoy a social life and still get up early. So I do get up early only when I have to and stay up late when its worth it. Not very healthy but a lot more fun.
3) Planing the day ahead: I would love to make it a ritual to decide the night before what is going to be the most important task tomorrow. Sometimes, I do, but tonight for instance I fail. I worked in "the zone" for hours, stopped at midnight. Now, instead of making that decision, write it down and then go to sleep, I'm procrastinating here for more than an hour. I guess, I'm afraid to take the step back to look at the whole task - which is huge for me - and get mentally destroyed by the weight of that challenge. Whereas, if just keep writing tomorrow where I stopped, I might not work on the most important thing, but at least I get something done.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
This advice seems to contradict the advice given about increasing your intelligence in a recent post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2562632 Compare this: Efficiency is not your friend when it comes to cognitive growth. In order to keep your brain making new connections and keeping them active, you need to keep moving on to another challenging activity as soon as you reach the point of mastery in the one you are…
There is a time for growth and a time for getting things done. A time for learning and a time for executing. A time for training and a time for competing. A time for sharpening tools and a time for using them. Different strategies for different goals.
Also, many of the things to automate-such as sorting email or paying bills-don't really improve your brain anyway. The getting smarter article points out that once you get good at something, doing more of it doesn't make you any smarter.
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The relevant term for what you describe in psychology circles is "rumination" in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
I am, thank you for that. Looked it up on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumination_(psychology) ) and it sounds spot on. Originally I found the cow-cud-chewing article, and that sounded less spot on, but then I found the "mental rumination" link :)
Glad you enjoyed the read. It's something I deal with personally as well.