Why time management is ruining our lives

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Post by eoin_murphy » Thu, Dec 22, 2016, 7:48 AM UTC

Why time management is ruining our lives
theguardian.com

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Post by codeulike » Thu, Dec 22, 2016, 12:59 PM UTC

This is a much more intelligent essay than you might expect based on the title. The stuff about Inbox Zero and it's author is very interesting.

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Post by ZeroFries » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:34 PM UTC

Lifestyle design and time management tend to make people less happy because they then tend to focus on the past and future, priming the desire/fear based systems which make you feel like the present moment is not good enough. The key to improving happiness is learning to guide the attentional system to the present moment as much as possible. The present moment is full of rich sensory data, usually inherently pleasant.

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Post by colund » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:35 PM UTC

I manage my time by stopping reading after a few sections when I realize that the article does not contain information that will matter to me for real.

It's actually quite simple. Only do things you really want to do and try to do it well. Be nice to others and be nice to yourself.

Don't waste time reading stuff which is boring but... "stay hungry... stay foolish"

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Post by skinnymuch » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

codeulike wrote: post #2

This is a much more intelligent essay than you might expect based on the title. The stuff about Inbox Zero and it's author is very interesting.

Yeah for sure. And yes Merlin Mann (Inbox Zero guy) is an awesome person. Very authentic and real. Didn't keep peddling productivity BS. I've followed him ever since.

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Post by skinnymuch » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:38 PM UTC

colund wrote: post #4

I manage my time by stopping reading after a few sections when I realize that the article does not contain information that will matter to me for real. It's actually quite simple. Only do things you really want to do and try to do it well. Be nice to others and be nice to yourself. Don't waste time reading stuff which is boring but... "stay hungry... stay foolish"

Yeah I also felt that way after a couple paragraphs. I still skimmed/speed read to the end, but I get what you're saying. The article is good though and worth a full skim or speed read in my opinion

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Post by edem » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:39 PM UTC

Can someone summarize the point of the article who have read it?

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Post by nether » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:45 PM UTC

colund wrote: post #4

I manage my time by stopping reading after a few sections when I realize that the article does not contain information that will matter to me for real. It's actually quite simple. Only do things you really want to do and try to do it well. Be nice to others and be nice to yourself. Don't waste time reading stuff which is boring but... "stay hungry... stay foolish"

Why should one stay hungry? What about conquering one's insatiability, and becoming content?

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Post by Spooky23 » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:47 PM UTC

Time management and efficiency is a trap for the striver. Work smarter, not harder has always been a fundamental truism.

I've seen time and again people working like donkeys, and pitching whatever they do to exec management. Half the time they eyeroll when the pitch is over because some buzzword wasn't incanted or the speaker said something that sounded like a thing that went bad in the previous meeting.

Personally, inbox zero is an impossibly. (I think I'm at 15k unready right now) I have a gatekeeper for strangers, read emails from about 20 people and read priorities. The rest either doesn't need my attention, or folks will figure it out, or it will get bumped in the priority list.

As a result I'm sane and work 40-45 hours a week. One of my colleagues feels compelled to answer everything. He doesn't realize that he's just enabling dependency from others and is working 60 hours a week, every week.

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Post by saycheese » Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 5:54 PM UTC

Tolstoy, 1885:

- Most important time is now;

- Most important people are the ones you're with;

- Most important task is helping them. __

Lots of people focus way, way too much on a past the may have never been, or at the least, will never change - and a future that may never be, or will feel different when it finally arrives as reality.