What percentage of your freed-up time will you use for "self-actualization"?

[Gori the Grey]

This is a follow-up thread to my thread on how many hours per day would you like to spend in work: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/how-many-hours-per-day-would-you-like-to-work.682079/

The most common answer was four. So, the new question is this. Imagine that between automation, UBI, whatever, the average work-day (your actual work-day) is shrunk from a customary eight hours to just four. What percentage of that time freed up (four extra hours per day; or you can convert it to half of whatever you do presently work) would you spend on activities that you characterize as "self-actualizing." Or would you just squander much of the time by posting on CFC? Or is posting on CFC your form of self-actualizing?

And of course you can post on what constitutes "self-actualizing" for you.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Nope, I want the answer to involve each individual's own definition of the term.

Any poster is more than welcome to provide that as well.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Then do!

 

[AmazonQueen]

I disagree with the idea that time not spent working or self-actualising is squandered.

 

[Birdjaguar]

In his seminal paper about human motivation (in which he first introduced his hierarchy of needs), Maslow discussed self-actualization by stating, “What a man can be, he must be. This need we may call self-actualization” (Maslow, 1943).

Self-actualization has also been described as:

the psychological process aimed at maximizing the use of a person’s abilities and resources. This process may vary from one person to another

(Couture et al., 2007).

In other words, self-actualization can generally be thought of as the full realization of one’s creative, intellectual, and social potential through internal drive (versus for external rewards like money, status, or power).

Since self-actualization is based on leveraging one’s abilities to reach their potential, it is a very individual process and will probably vary significantly from person to person. This focus on individual motivations is a key part of Maslow’s work, and what he felt differentiated it from the contemporary motivational psychology.

It's a slow beeper in the back of my mind most of my day. I can ignore it even if I cannot forget it.

 

[Gorbles]

I have two kids who are five and under.

I'll come back to this thread in a decade or so

 

[Gori the Grey]

I disagree with the idea that time not spent working or self-actualising is squandered.

The question doesn't presuppose this (though some of my writing around the question does, I acknowledge). You can have 1) work, 2) activities that are neither work nor self-actualization, 3) self-actualization. But the bit I want to know about it the third.

 

[El_Machinae]

Covid really showed how tough it was to maintain momentum. When I lost work hours, I was able to supplement with courses and studying or renovations for ... let's say the first year. I continued to shoot for 55 productive hours per week and then went down to 40.

But I did find it getting harder and harder to do something today that could be done tomorrow. Especially since distraction was so easy.

 

[AmazonQueen]

The question doesn't presuppose this (though some of my writing around the question does, I acknowledge). You can have 1) work, 2) activities that are neither work nor self-actualization, 3) self-actualization. But the bit I want to know about it the third.

None of my time is spent on self-actualisation as a project.
What I write for the TTRPGs I run is written as well as I am capable of but it is with the aim of giving myself and my players a rewarding and enjoyable game.

 

[Narz]

I have two kids who are five and under.

I'll come back to this thread in a decade or so

Me too (well one biological & my gf's 3yo) Hard to think about the deep questions while being constantly asked to spin someone round in circles.

Half my reading and postings are while hiding in the bathroom lol

 

[Remorseless1]

Maslow sounds quite Randian.

 

[Narz]

How so?

 

[Narz]

Oh and read OP, I devote 100% of my free time to living my best life or whatever, even when I'm dicking around playing a game it's always on my mind.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm out.

 

[PhroX]

I'd spend the time doing things I enjoy enjoying. The bulk of which would probably involve lazing around, playing games and watching TV. But that's what I want to do with my life, as it's fun. I dunno if that's "actualised" or not, but if it's not, then actualisation sounds like an utter waste of time.

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[Hygro]

When I like my routine and have surplus time and energy I can get pretty motivated to like work out and produce music etc. But

I’m such a stickler for having low emotional impedance to activities, like I hate working on music knowing my hard drive is almost full.

But when my environment (people, place), money, and setups are good I have had multi hour self-actualización habits.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I think on a normal average day it’d be close to zero if I am being honest. But! I’d have more nonzero days where I take day trips or weekend trips to Chicago or Detroit or a hike or even just swimming in a pool at 2pm or something like that. Having a work day end with hours of daylight still would be a blessing.

 

[The_J]

I'd hope half.
The other half I'd be sleeping.

 

[Hygro]

I think on a normal average day it’d be close to zero if I am being honest. But! I’d have more nonzero days where I take day trips or weekend trips to Chicago or Detroit or a hike or even just swimming in a pool at 2pm or something like that. Having a work day end with hours of daylight still would be a blessing.

That’s a good point, some days you will rally for cool stuff and some days you will charge your rally.

 

[Lexicus]

Anything I do is self-actualization by definition