How to Hack Time 

I've always had this thought when I hear people say " I don't have any time" it is simply... " we all have 24/7 .. .. yes you do !

This is one of my favorite videos of yours, Kenton. The passing of time, how we go through time, is something I have pondered over and over again.

Hello friend. I'm a combat vet of both Iraq and Afghanistan. Currently reside in South Florida but grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I love this episode, amongst others, but this hit me watching just now because I am currently unemployed in a city and struggling with daily stress of a fast paced lifestyle yet find peace every time I walk outside, take a deep breath, and try to conversation with the local squirelles that run through my yards trees. 10 times I have been able to high five them and have video as proof. Nature rocks and the little things in life still amaze me such as the videos you make that educate myself as I am sure many others! Keep up the great work!

Probably the most important video I have seen on RU-vid. Thank you for your time

This is zen like teachings! Thanks for your awesome/inspiring videos. We all need some more time in nature and silence.

I agree with everything you said and I need to apply more of it to my life. I have thought about this topic because I realized my 30 going by much faster than my 20 and teen years. My 40's are almost over and my perception of the time past is only a tiny fraction of that in my 20's. So I ask myself what changed and I think it comes down to getting in a routine and lack of adventure. Basically it boils down to making memories. The mundane same old same old doesn't stick in our memory,so over a given time frame the more memories we can recall,gives us the impression of more time spent. I can recall many more memories in my teens and 20's than 30's or 40's,because I was always on an adventure and never really stuck in a routine. Events must stand out to be recorded as memories. Once we get in the routine of making money ,paying the mortgage,bla bla bal...nothing really stands out,so we have much fewer memories to give us the perception of more time passing. I'm not even surprised anymore that it is a great video :) Gord.

Thank you. From a young french girl leaving in Tokyo and beginning to experience years flying away.

I'm a visual artist, and the practice of creating representative art kind of forces a type of observational mindfulness that is very similar to what you describe. Also, I find that my ability to appreciate the details and sensations in everyday life is enhanced by reading authors who have mastered descriptive writing, such as Victor Hugo and William Wordsworth.

What a fantastic video. I'm always in a rush to places, partly because I'm often late to things. I've noticed when I talk to some people who belong to a certain social group or community, they often say things like "I run on ___ time." I've seen people say that they run on "indian time," and most recently was talking to some people of Arabic descent who say they run on "Arab time." I think what this gets at is how many cultures, perhaps before globalization/westernization, have a different conception of time or a place less importance or emphasis on following a rigid schedule. Whenever I'm in nature, I find that I pay less attention to what time it is, and pay more attention to what's around me. I'm also doing much more every day, and end up feeling more productive and fulfilled, which also gives me a sense that time is passing more slowly. (Of course, I've had those experiences where there have been nights that felt a bit too long) Your video reminds me of what a lot of eastern philosophers say about living in the present. In this culture and these times, so much focus goes on preparing and planning for the future, and often times we focus so much on what's next that we forget about what's now. I'm reminded of this video with the philosopher Alan Watts about how life ought to be enjoyed the way music is: Music and Life - Alan Watts And that's a great idea about eating the food and being aware of it. Whenever I have dinner with my parents, they often remind me to chew the food more and eat more slowly. Sometimes I catch myself scarfing down food so quickly that I'm already anticipating the next bite before swallowed what I just put in my mouth.

I've always been amazed by the people who seem to be able to experience more life in a day than most people do in a week. I think you're right - mindfulness is the key. Learning to turn off the autopilot is something I continue to struggle with. I think it was really interesting how your cat decided to get in on the conversation. Outdoor cats are a perfect teacher. They smell, examine, look, touch everything in their world - even when they seem to be disengaged, they're totally connected to what's going on.

You know, Some survival "Experts" don't bother to answer viewers posts. Maybe they have gotten too many viewers to keep up, or they don't have enough time anymore. But, You still do! That is so inspiring and rare! PLEASE?! Don't loose this! And Thank You!

Just watched quite a few of your videos. I definitely relate to a lot of what you say in many of your videos, having hiked the Appalachian Trail solo over the course of 8 months within the last year. I have been back in society for a few months and while I do like people, the domesticated mindset can be contagious, and I am working on having the same mental clarity I did as I was on the trail. Seeing others that have intellectual discourse on these subjects is thought-provoking and nice to be part of. I sincerely thank you.

Wonderful video, Kenton! My partner and I did CERT training with the fire department they talked about the concept of "hurry to wait" that's quite similar to Rebecca's saying. A building will be on fire, bystanders will be yelling at them to run in, but they need to wait until they have the necessary information and plan before rushing in. Even if the pressure to go is overwhelming, they need to hurry to wait. I would add that having a variety of experiences and seeking out novelty can also help in addition to being mindful of them. Going to new places or even just switching up our routine, brushing our teeth with your other hand, walking a new way, etc. will do it. While I think extending our subjective time is great, so is extending the objective, especially if we can do it with bodies that aren't run down. You may be interested in life extension if you haven't heard of it before! If you're interested, there are two great intros on RU-vid: CPG Grey's , "Why Die?" and Kurzgesagt's "Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?".

"Never rush that which must be done quickly." This is excellent. Just the other day, feeling rushed to get a complex car repair done, I remarked that it's gotta be better to plug along slowly and take breaks often than to worry and hurry. I, too, have noticed how in conversation it is good to wait when I really want to say something but too many other voices are engaged. Often the subject comes up again when I do have a chance to speak. I must admit that by this time I'm usually so intent on getting my word in that I haven't heard much of what the other person's been rambling about (: .

this video reminds me of my old sensei's teachings,god bless his soul,thank you very much for teaching the rest of the world this great way of thinking

Slowing down our perception of time...what a beautiful concept! Dang, it seems like I have been writing this comment for an hour or more.(-: It works! Thanks for the tips! You truly have a wonderful gift Kenton! I'm really glad I found you. I'm telling everyone I know about you!

This just blew my mind. Its like you were taking words right out of my mouth. I've always felt that about time ever since I can remember. Yet society looks at us like we are the one who do not get it. I've watched a few of your videos, and I must say it is refreshing to hear people that share the same philosophy. Thank you for uploading these.

You take meditation to a next fun practical level. For me when working out or training martial arts or just stretching times stops and these moments are the best it feels like you are flowing in a river. As kids I think we naturally have more fun as we had no concept of time untill we grow older. As I got older I had a period in school the week goes so slow, but when I get on my videogames time stops and I had fun. Later on ofcours I kept coming late to school over sleeping after a timeles night of videogames. And even when I got detention for being late that much I still came late, I guess time was my funny friend during my teenage years. Even my friends still laught about it today when we meet up to gather they have to lie to me about the hour and still I would come late. I will still take my time to workout, daydream, take a shower and have some food. Now when i'm more mindfull about my days and weekends they feel like they are going slower when i'm being very active and doing stuff I want to do. I do feel that most of the things you talk about can help people with addiction, because I think things like drugs,smoking,alcohol,videogames in a way they all do stop time and you feel no stress for a short time atleast. But in a way we can learn how to stop time how you are teaching it in a natural way and be happy. Thank you again for the eyeopening advice!

So much truth here. Thank you.

Great video. Another (personal) observation about 'rushing' is this - it can be dangerous. (I had two accidents last year purely because of rushing around. In one I ran through a double-glazed door, thinking it was open because of the sunlight, & broke it with my head... Neither accident would have happened if I'd been moving more slowly.) Another kind-of-related issue is I've noticed that better results come from not trying too hard. Sometimes when you wait for some kind of result to come to you, rather than chasing it, it almost magically does.

Hey Kenton, Thanks for sharing your ideas in your video. I feel inspired and looking forward to implementing the taste idea, the take breaks when you can't, and noticing the color or the sound more fully in the moment. I find when i sit in the morning or late afternoon and quiet my mind, I'm able to notice things arise that would have been subconscious to me before. Taking walks is great too. I've noticed taking walks in more natural areas can tap into a consciousness that people just can't get in industrial areas. I heard someone say once that there are three major healing sounds: birds, water, and wind. I notice in most of your videos you're outside and i can hear the insects, the windchimes, the birds, the environment is healing and enriching. Peace brother, Benjamin

It's past time for us to get off of autopilot! Sometimes I've really enjoyed those little interruptions from my children and now grandchildren if I haven't tried to make them fit my schedule. Loved hearing the birds in the background. Another video mentioned not having time to respond to every email and comment. I'm amazed how many you find time to answer!

I see time rushing or dragging often. I find when I can live in the moment that time seems to, "live on" at a slower, calmer rate. Hard to do in our society though. Great video as always. Thanks.

Important video. It has been on my Outdoors playlist at my channel for a while. Right now it is number 35 from the top of the list. Only in chronological order, not order of preference. I actually sent the main points to a therapist friend of mine. 5:40...time speeds up in relation to our lack of mindfulness or when running on autopilot... 6:58...1. wife said, never rush that which must be done quickly...a.k.a. "never hurry"... 10:55...2. take breaks you don't have time for.... 13:36...3. turn off the autopilot

One of the rules in my life is no rushing. Thanks for the video.

Thank you Kenton, for another great video. I have always loved philosophy and I love the subject even more when it is explained in real time in the real world. It is a good day when I am reminded to slow down and smell the roses, I have a habit to rush on,,, especially when I 'm coming near the completion of a task. Then I make mistakes, every time. Your environment there is awesome, the birds singing, (the cat... What time,!! I have all the time in the universe!!) Yes ,my friend ... That was great, I'm gonna watch that again

This is probably my favourite video of yours now, I'll definitely start focusing on what I'm conscious of, sometimes you just need to remind yourself :)

I've always found people's opinions of time intriguing. Those were three interesting techniques!

I'm an EMT so good point on taking it slow and calm instead of fast rush, I learned that the hard way but I finally did. :)

beautiful words and wisdom!

Okay, I've watched 4 of your fascinating videos and am starting to feel like a groupie! LOL out of those 4, I've felt compelled to comment on 3 of them, something I almost never do. Thank you for this breath of time-less and time-with-ness. This video has also inspired me to conceive of two related articles for my own site based on the issue of time. What you've said hasn't so much given me new info, as made me relearn, remind and reaffirm what I already know - possibly a better gift than teaching me something new. Additionally, I work as a professional psychic,and this video has helped my arsenal of tools and techniques that I can use to aid my clients (often very driven, workaholic stressed types) to simplify, their own lives and live in the moment. Not only have you made my own life richer, but you've potentially helped the lives of folks you've never met and who've never seen your videos yet (though I will for SURE be recommending this one) become more powerful and peaceful. Keep at it - change the world one video at a time. My path has a saying. used when one member greets another, which translates to "I salute your power." We have two words for power - one meaning "power over others (negative power) and the other meaning "power of the inner self" (positive and healthy). Yours is the power of the inner self, and I can see it glow through your face, your voice, your body language and your words. I salute your power. Blessings and thank you!

Very good points. I think we rush because we are forced to do things that we don't like to do. So we want to finish it quickly. Also, society forces us to that. All the exams we take is measured by how correct and how fast we can do. This must be changed, this is not a good way of living. Loved the cat :)

Your videos are amazing. You radiate so much enthusiasm trough them. By watching them and applying what you shared, I feel I'm getting to the right path:) thank you. Cheers from Slovakia:)

I am a new subscriber, I feel lucky to have found your channel. this video really connected with me in a way that's cool, I have had the exact same thoughts you expressed here, from the seconds minutes hours days years thought. to feeling rushed and losing time thoughts. but in this video you clarified/crystalized these thoughts for me in a way that i know i will benefit. so thanks!

I like the analogy using wine. Good speech. I enjoyed this.

Thank you. Your philosophy and ideas are solidly based in truth and understanding. If I was on RU-vid , my message would be very much the same. Truth is truth no matter the language. Love can only be unconditional and not timed. You realize that there was a fellow named Jesus that also had these views at the basis of good, pure living? Oh how distorted those truths have become. You nailed it. A home run video. Peace

Great video. Lots of points to think and act on. Will be trying it for sure.

What a beautiful area, I need to enroll in your school Kenton! lol I wish there were more people in the world like you. :) I have much to learn Sir. We definitely live in a culture of instance gratification, results, and rush. You make me want to self improve Kenton. Thanks! Thumbs up!

YOU are a good man, my new acquaintance. Thank you again for your video posts.

I have found my Guru. I believe I know the rest of the day will be better......thanks.

Brilliant as ever Paul, great video as usual buddy!

I think we were born with this ability , and then life makes us forget how to stand in a moment and take it in,.I remember when I was a little child and summer holidays came. 2 months with no school. Those 2 months seemed like a year. Every day was so full of opportunity and adventure. even if I only went in the back yard to play.

I`m speechless right now, I've experienced "time dilatation" numerous times till now, especially in the morning, when i wake up 30 min before my alarm clock..and those 30 min feel like 3-4 hours have passed until it`s time to wake up.... YET it NEVER crossed my mind that i can actually live more by learning to control my perception of this measurements! I am in your depth Kenton! i have learned a good lesson today! Thank you!

A lot of wisdom, thanks

Great video! Reminds me of bringing my self awareness to the present and realizing that many times our culture is rushing to go nowhere(the couch).;)

Hello kenton, i was referred by Canadian Prepper, wow you are so insightful. Thanks for the vids

Thank you Kenton for sharing your wisdom Kenton, when I throatsing I am one with that moment completely, I highly recommend it..!

Brilliant lessons kenton! I wish I lived local to you, I'd be there so much you'd be sick of the site of me ha ha :) thanks for another great message

Hey Kenton, Your RU-vid channel has really grown! Really cool! Also nice to see Rihanna again :)

Hi Kenton maybe after this one more sharing i will take a break. joke :P it happened once i watched a car crash on parked cars which hit a woman who fell with headbutt on the side way. i was so concentrated i watched the whole scene so slowly. it was a period when love for life thickens the integrity of time. I suddenly went near her and sit, like a guardian angel.. i've learnt this by the half-wolf, life companion (when i met Lupo for the second time he was howling to the full moonon a cut palm-tree, i sit near him and he positioned behind me kidneys-to-kidneys, i don't remember any other circumstance i felt so safety) of my friend who remembers you a lot.. i just wanted to pass her all the positive energy i felt helping her doing the movements she needed to ricompose herself. she had a very bad injury on the forehead and a lot of people came round in circle around her. i kept in contact with her sitting very near, she was like waking up in the morning with blood dropping. somebody called the ambluance. others soak a handkerchief and cleaned the wound. she wanted to call her husband maybe for some protection. in the end ambulance came so fast i couldnt even watch at her. in conclusion i've been very happy to protect that woman from all the people judgments and emotionality. i think slowling time is a privilege to be living.. these days i made practice with reverse wrap method to make cordages, its very funny, thank you Kenton :))) Ivan :))))

Awesome. I have found that a day of nothing is also great for slowing down ;)

Hi Tyler Lavigne, Your comment won't allow replies, so I'm hoping you see this. On your other comment, I've been growing my hair since 6th grade. Way to go on getting yours to 7"! As for this comment, I hope I don't ramble too much in my videos =) You may be noticing that I don't really run a bushcraft channel, but rather a rewilding channel, so the videos range from skills to the human emotional condition to how to see through the "normal" to shift our view of reality. =) Kenton

Fantastic video! Thank you ! Looking forward to the next one and if it is similar to this one, so much more the better !

Makes a lot of sense. Keep up the good videos, brother. I'm a subscriber now :-)

Awesome :D I really feel empathy for your vids.

I think there is a lot to discover from the smell of your own hands: The products you used, the meal you prepared, the materials you worked with during the day, the people you interacted with... I sometimes accidentally found myself in a "thinker pose" with my hands near my nose thinking "Oh. I know where all those smells come from. This is last nights campfire, that is the shampoo I used..." Such observations seem to help to detach from the stress of the moment.

19:50 new tools for shifting your perception of time, and for cultivating present moment mindfulness and awareness in your life. 6:50 ...Number 1,wife said, never rush that which must be done quickly... 10:22...if we just stop to listen... 10:50 Number 2, take breaks you don't have time for...eg 5 minute walk, 1 deep breath 13:35 ...Number 3, get off of autopilot, which comes from watching a lot of media that allows our brain to be in spectator mode, pushing on rather than stopping to notice what we currently have. Life slips by unnoticed and time speeds up. 16:17...how do we turn off the autopilot?.... 19:00...

"Some men live more in 20 years than others live in 80" -The Doctor

Great video as usual! :)

I want to say... living in a completely lets just say a place of tranquility like the setting in this video it would be far easier to "not rush" vs. the sidewalks of new York city... It's so easy to be influenced by those "rushing" around us. good video... just sayin

One time I went on a10 minute walk and I estimatedit was a hour

7:00 also "slow is smooth, smooth is fast"

My couple days away in the woods turned out to one day/night. Life happens. Going to attempt to get the rest of my day/tonight/and a little of tomorrow. With children it's hard though.

we speed up time. time is a constant. deep I know.

great video. may I ask whether the beautiful scenery in the background is your family's property?

Would like to add a 4th, learned from kids ... remember how when you were young the days just lasted very long ? ... well i observed why this may be so in young kids ... they are a bit 'ADHD', aka. they do a lot of different things for a short period of time, and then move on to the next ... where as in my experience, life passes by so fast because as you get older you spend more and more time on a single thing, likely at some point going into 'auto mode' for most of it... while spending time on all sorts of different things with regular breaks in between makes for a more diverse day, and it will feel like it lasted longer as you spend so much of it on different things.

Do you find many benefits in music and are you big into music? if so what type.

What the last guy said.

I remember the day I choose to crawl insteed of walking in the forest near a small river. Everythings is différent from this point of view. slowly I evolve in a completly different forest and then come the moment where I was not able to move anymore because every little things I was seeing could be destroy if I continue crawling... Then I stop and start watching deeply. This day I saw a ant having a hard time carrying a feather and I wonder why the ant where carrying this feather. I dont know how much time I spend that moment but time seem to stop.

Hi Satanro666, Your comment won't allow replies, so I'm hoping you get this =) So interesting that you've experienced this yourself, and that you're now going to be experimenting with controlling it. Let me know how it goes! =) Kenton

Then how do those moments where you think "time flies when you're having fun" arise from?

How can you ever have time if you dont take time.

Pretty sure your cat has understood the message in this video!

Where can I write to you with a request?

If you know what day it is without looking at a calendar... and you know what time it is all the time.. you aren't engaging what is around you ... you are creating a scale in which you should be deteriorating as learned by our environment. We don't maintain any schedules anymore....if we are tired we go to sleep, if we are hungry we eat...we eat only until we are not hungry as to not overload our digestive system and cause drowsiness. Strict schedules control our lives and create unhappiness...it creates things we HAVE to do...instead of things we GET to do.... It is a work/debt cycle that runs/ruins our lives...it is our possessions that end up possessing our lives....working a J.O.B. (Just Over Broke) to pay the bill for the house that is beyond your needs, for the new car as a social status and for the newest commercial gimmick that you must have because the neighbor got one. Start living your live instead of just making a living. Don't worry about time, meditate and control YOUR life. We are all co-creating our existance. Thank you Kenton for another great and inspiring video.

Wish I could hack a 20 minute video into a 2 minute video. I want to enjoy your videos but they're so long. I wish you did a table of contents with timestamps.

I love your videos....... but i have noticed.... you start to talk about something, then you go off the subject for like 10 minutes then you start to talk about randolm stuff that has nothing to do with the wild?? why is this?

Lol dude start playing Games... get a life.... dont die being boring