Are you addicted to this?

[yung.carl.jung]

I actually completely, 100% agree with @Narz, and I feel the same way about video games. I've tried everything over the years to tone it down, with zero success. Matter of fact my obsession with being more "productive": reading books, working out, watching documentaries, science articles, producing my own content on my blogs, making my own YouTube videos, has WORSENED this weird cult of self-improvement. so nowadays I just try to do things without any kind of ulterior motive, just because I want to. It has definitely helped me accept why my entire YouTube channel combined gets less views than some half-assed V-Log by a b-tier internet celeb.

though I disagree with Narz on some things, re: making money on the internet. I don't really have respect for women who literally sell their bathwater in order to provide for themselves, nor do I have respect for YouTubers who peddle alt-right ideology to teenagers, subtly enough so that they don't notice (hello pewds!). I've ditched the idea of being productive all the time, and focus on just enjoying what I have and trying to survive in this ****** up world. I'm not even close to making peace.. I still have intense self-loathing for wasting time and smoking so much herb, because societal pressure is impossible to ignore.

but for me, in my mind, I have started to let go of the idea of wasting time. it is a nonsensical concept. it is an inherently pathological idea that time could possibly be wasted and it is merely a symptom of a society that is utterly obsessed with self-optimization and the notion of, somehow, constantly progressing into a better future version of yourself (that is not yourself and will never exist).

 

[yung.carl.jung]

related: I watched about 15 seconds of the YT video @Narz linked and was so ticked off I had to quit. Guy is filming in his freaking garage with the Sportscar in plain view (I freakin wonder why) making an anger porn video about how anger porn is bad. He has the lingo of a trained snake-oil salesman and has literally managed to find 3 synonymis for "self improvement" in a quarter of a minute. When he talked about "how you get PEAK brain performance", I clicked X. this guy is clearly trying to prey on weak, disoriented young internet users (read: young men struggling with procrastination, addicted to the net, addicted to porn) and be a kind of disturbing mixture of Tai "KNALESH" Lopez, Jordan Peterson and freaking Joe Rogan all at once. and he's exceptionally good at that. this is kind of precisely what I was pointing out with my other post, vis a vis self improvement.

 

[Synobun]

related: I watched about 15 seconds of the YT video @Narz linked and was so ticked off I had to quit. Guy is filming in his freaking garage with the Sportscar in plain view (I freakin wonder why) making an anger porn video about how anger porn is bad. He has the lingo of a trained snake-oil salesman and has literally managed to find 3 synonymis for "self improvement" in a quarter of a minute. When he talked about "how you get PEAK brain performance", I clicked X. this guy is clearly trying to prey on weak, disoriented young internet users (read: young men struggling with procrastination, addicted to the net, addicted to porn) and be a kind of disturbing mixture of Tai "KNALESH" Lopez, Jordan Peterson and freaking Joe Rogan all at once. and he's exceptionally good at that. this is kind of precisely what I was pointing out with my other post, vis a vis self improvement.

HERE IN MY GARAGE IN BEVERLY HILLS

 

[yung.carl.jung]

Tai Lopez is the kind of guy who could just walk up and scam someone in fifth avenue, in broad daylight, and people would still buy his stuff.

 

[Lexicus]

I don't really have respect for women who literally sell their bathwater in order to provide for themselves,

I got nothin but love for her, man, the real problem is that our culture is so sick that people are willing to buy that stuff

 

[Broken_Erika]

I am not addicted, i just get dizzy, lightheaded, anxious, paranoid, nauseous, lethargic, and depressed when i don't get my regular fix of "Likes".

 

[Narz]

Tai Lopez is the kind of guy who could just walk up and scam someone in fifth avenue, in broad daylight, and people would still buy his stuff.

I agree tha Tai Lopez is the worst.

I think Alex Becker is trying to help people tho.

I can't not be into self-improvement, trying to pretend I can be and that I don't care is fake (for me)

 

[MaryKB]

I feel it's important to have goals, like if there's an area of your life you're not happy with then certainly you'd want to do something, right? Maybe you're not happy with your career, so you try to earn a new degree. Or maybe you're lonely, and you try to find someone. Or perhaps you're unsatisfied with your weight, so you try to adjust your diet. etc, etc

But some posts here give me the feeling of "If every waking minute of my life isn't spent doing something productive, I'm wasting my time." I feel it can easily turn into an obsession, and if you're never taking time just for enjoyment, then I consider that to be a wasted life.

Remember what they say about "all work and no play"

 

[The_J]

Not addicted anymore. Luckily. Well...mostly.
I can waste a lot of time onthe net though, but I don't need it if I'm busy with other stuff.
I'm trying to keep up with some tech news, which means I read quite some stuff online. Should probably cut it down, but haven't managed yet (that's where the "mostly" comes from).

 

[Zkribbler]

I have never been on social media.

My internet service provider was going downhill. Finally, about a month ago, they just ceased. No CFC, no email, no news sites, no YouTube. Bad timing on their part because an optical fiber company is just starting up. I had it installed a week ago, and was surprised that my shoulders had tensed up due to lack of internet. I'm all better now.

 

[Mouthwash]

I'm quitting Twitter as of today. I like a lot of the people I follow and that has compromised my judgment. It is screwing up my brain on a fundamental level (the site is especially bad for OCD/obsessive types).

but for me, in my mind, I have started to let go of the idea of wasting time. it is a nonsensical concept. it is an inherently pathological idea that time could possibly be wasted and it is merely a symptom of a society that is utterly obsessed with self-optimization and the notion of, somehow, constantly progressing into a better future version of yourself (that is not yourself and will never exist).

Counterpoint: Puritan communities (most notably Massachusetts) made wasting time a literal crime.

 

[MaryKB]

Good for you, I hope removing something so toxic for your life improves your mental health. I know for myself, being removed from social media feels wonderful and liberating.

 

[Narz]

Almost everyone knows certain uses of time are better than others. Some people just resign themselves to not being able to work up the discipline necessary to tweak their lives in the right direction.

I've met very few folks who can truly enjoy idleness without neuroticism (cats are great at it tho)

 

[Birdjaguar]

I've met very few folks who can truly enjoy idleness without neuroticism (cats are great at it tho)

 

[Narz]

This guy is genius, hopefully won't remind people in 15 seconds of three other random people.

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Spoiler :

 

[H4run]

No I'm not anymore, I'm just here after like "what should I do next?" to fill up the time. Because recently so many weird drama at job and so many time my boss invite me to the capital to discuss things from morning till evening, it is a tiring brain job, what I need after that is just come home and joking with wife and children and playing auto chess, not some deep stuff, but it is just recently. I can be very annoyed if anyone ask me how's work when I'm not working, I really need to relax and just forget everything, if not I will vomit lool

edit: without video game, I think I will poorly survive the mental tension that resulted from life drama, I can play video game till midnight to defuse my own emotional problem from work or RL.

 

[Birdjaguar]

This guy is genius, hopefully won't remind people in 15 seconds of three other random people.

Spoilered for language

Spoiler :

Life planning 101 (with math overtones) presented for millennials.