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what's bad isn't "wasting" time. it's the anxiety that comes from thinking that you are. every simple joy that you have can be twisted into a "waste" in your mind. be mindful of whether what you're doing actually harms you or if it's just something that you've been conditioned to categorize as unproductive and therefore bad. do you want to enjoy your life or do you want to enjoy looking back on your life? don't fetishize legacy, don't treat time as some precious resource you have to spend frugally. just be mindful of what you actually wanna do, sometimes that does mean "wasting" time.
If you can look back and learn from what you’ve done, it’s not time wasted. It’s okay to have low points, but know that, like in the video, if you want personal prosperity, you have to keep working for it
I used to paint and ride motorcycle. It's not fear of crashing 🐷 again, but funds. Riding it on a twisty road was perhaps the purest best waste of time, so just joy, I ever engaged in. Dangerous. Costs money. No heart health or muscles build, barely social at all, no one to impress really for the most part. Not really a monetizable thing unless RU-vid. Nothing left. Get off the bike. Still have your life and license. Ok. But this was fun. This was great. The time wasting I regret is aimless scrolling while not quite deciding what to do or dreading or feeling to exhausted to do something
@@fieldingjames6808 This is for you , if it resonates , lmk. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yIsbVpBJ110.html&pp=ygUgRXNjYXBlIHdhZ2Ugc2xhdmUgYWN0dWFsaXplZCBvcmc%3D
I’ve been struggling for years trying to figure it out. I won’t say I’ve wasted but I’ve definitely used the last 5 years, to some, wastefully, I haven’t grown much as a person, I haven’t cultivated much personal growth, but I’ve definitely had periods of growth and weakness. But I can think of many things during this time that I’ve wanted to do. That I’ve said I should do, but haven’t. Because I’m lazy, because they take “too much” effort. But if I had just started them during these last 5 years, I’d be further than I am now. One was going to the gym, and I did start that. But only a year ago. It’s knowing that anything you think you want won’t happen without you doing it. People asked me how I started going, it’s because I knew I had to do it if I wanted the results. This could be anything to you, and it’s not as easy as saying okay yeah I’m doing it. So think of something that has come to mind many times, that you actually want, not materially, but in a way that will grow you. Something that you’ll look back on and say, fuck yeah, thank you for that. But understand that it’s okay to fail, to not know, and to change your mind. It’s hard to fail, but if you learn from it, you’ve grown
Fifty push-ups and fifty squats a day is a good start. Could be all at once or could be dispersed. If I’m wrong, you’ll at least have stronger legs and a stronger back.
When you say no clue, ask yourself if you really mean that or if you're just brushing off the question. You should be productive, don't misinterpret this as bro hustler advice. You have obvious things you can do to make your life better ie working out, studying, not procrastinating, meeting new people. You also can do things you like, your hobbies/passions, but make sure to do them with deliberation and not just to pass time. For me I like to play video games, but I do it less so as for fun but a way to numb out my responsibilities and pass time, which is a bad thing to do, but if you play games and really enjoy every moment of it, then it's fine with moderation. The biggest thing to improve upon is reflection and contemplation, it'll make you stronger. Life is a long road, don't get too caught up in how to make the most of the time you have. Both enjoy the present moment while striving for a better future, you'll fail a lot but learn from it and make better decisions and better yourself gradually, no need to be perfect at the start.
The deeper psychological reason why we constantly distract ourselves in modern times is dissatisfaction with life. Many of our human needs aren't being met. And many people don't have the power, tools or belief to change their condition.
Just 'called out sick' this morning from an office job that I started just last week and already find to be tedious, soul-sucking, and a waste of my time. I came home and saw this was posted. I am applying for a bunch of dog grooming positions today, along with other roles with physically active work. To hell with chasing the money and prestige. I am finally giving myself permission to act on what I want. Thank you 🙏
@@Catthepunk I am an animal person, would stay physically active, more easily interact with people through the context of caring for their pet, and eventually be able to make commission and tips
Do or not do you will miss the time that has passed regardless. And probably would feel tortured by thoughts of what you could have done differently. The road to serenity is acceptance, of your history, of passage of time, of aging, of mortality. The best you can do is striving to feel present at every moment of your life.
Relentlessly use the “not interested” feature on RU-vid. Block anything you think isn’t valuable for your brain to take in even if it feels good. Regulate your own media consumption. It works
Hey I don’t know how to answer because I am no philosopher or therapist or something but I want to let you know that it can and will get better. Sometimes life is just shit and I know depression makes that feel worse than shit. And no amount of stoicisms will change that. But it will get better. If you are suicidal reach out for other people in your life or professionals. I know this sounds a bit dumb coming from a random person on yt but I do care about you.
I am sorry you feel this way. I am basically the last surviving member of a family with a history of addiction, depression, cancer, and suicide. I have recently found solace in defending my mental garden from the cruelness of the world; fate can do anything to me except enter my garden. Even if I defend it only out of spite >
@generationaiart I mean generally exercise can be a good way to distract yourself and daily walks are shown to help with symptoms of depression but I doubt that you commanding them to do something really helps. This kind of comment which doesn’t seem to grasp the basis of a serious mental health condition like depression can generally be very counterproductive.
Nothing is wasted. If something happens, then it *did* happen. What we _should_ do when we have that thought, "This is a waste", is that: concentrate on the present. Change anything as you will, for there is no predetermined "starting point" for you. Every moment is a beginning. Cherish it. Even now, as you read and scroll.
@@greyrabbit2157 It sure is. The absurdity of my comment. I'm a hypocrite, I write comments to convince myself _so_ I can let go of my past. It's bullshit.
You have no idea how this video came at the right time. For the past few days, I have been going through old pictures of when I was in middle/high school, and all I could think is, “when did all this time pass?” I’m 27 and the way I view my adulthood so far is from a bleak perspective. I believe that I have achieved nothing and that I’m constantly constantly wasting time when I should be trying to do more. All I feel, however, is paralyzed in stagnancy. That’s why, little by little, I have been trying to force myself to do things even when the voice in my head tries to dissuade me from it. So this video was truly what I needed to gain some courage and motivation to perhaps do better.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.porassss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Whenever someone mentions Seneca I have to think of my favorite paragraph from Emanuel Carrrere, showing just how unapproachable stoicism is for most people: "Whether Epicureans or Stoics, all the sages of the time taught that happiness was unpredictable and capricious and that one had to be prepared to lose all one's possessions without grumbling, but no one would have explicitly advised or even imagined getting rid of them voluntarily. They all regarded leisure and the free availability of one's own time - what they called otium - as an absolutely necessary condition for human self-realization. Seneca wrote something nice about this: if he were forced by unfortunate circumstances to work in order to earn a living, well, he wouldn't make a drama out of it, he would just kill himself." from 'The Kingdom' - Emmanuel Carrere
@@GingeryGinger In classical Carrere fashion he does not of course i think, but I'll look it up again ;) And of course my comment is just more for the giggles, but I still find it interesting that already at these times one can ask herself these basic questions of 'What do I want to do with my life?' Or 'How do I spend my time?' mostly only if she is quite wealthy and well off to begin with.
@@subtractivenoise6497this is untrue and stinks of pseudo-Marxist class reductionism, where any and all problems are dismissed or explained away with “poor vs rich” rhetoric. Look up ancient magadha, a time period in India where princes and slaves alike were shaving their hands to become wandering mendicants because both types of people could experience the dissatisfaction of life and wanted to solve it. Our humanity runs much deeper than our pockets
I've been watching you for a long time, I remember taking notes in my journal to your videos over 2 years ago and today I finished filling out that same journal taking notes to this video. Its crazy to look back at where I was at in my life then compared to now, I've improved my life and wellbeing so much since then and I gotta give you props for all the great work you do in your videos. Also shoutout the merch I still wear your drip to this day
I realised this a while back and now I live the life that Nietzsche talks about when he talks about life affirmation, coincidentally, it's the same as Camus's idea of accepting the absurd, Sartre's living in good faith, Dostoevsky's idea of a proper life and Kierkegaard's idea of what happens after a leap of faith. I love life and I truly feel I'm living it to the fullest.
Some of the best advice I ever heard was to "pump the well." Inspiration, liberation, happiness, for most of us they aren't just lying around for the taking.
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the Universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ -- Diamond Dragons (series)
i got this vid in a moment of a lack of motivation i just moved and have no friends this video encouraged me to get up and go get what i want to be better at my sports i know itll be hard but ill keep pushing
@@Zanu4716 thanks i just use sports as a therapy session and getting better at it only helps i know my limits and try to play around it appreciate your support have a great day
This video on Seneca is a game-changer! Seneca's wisdom about not wasting time is such a powerful reminder that our most valuable resource is the present moment. It's incredible how applying his teachings can shift our focus to what truly matters, cutting out distractions and living more intentionally. If you're ready to stop letting time slip through your fingers and start making every moment count, this is the mindset you need. Let's all strive to be more mindful of how we spend our time-our future selves will thank us!
I'm wondering. Who decides what time is wasted and what is not? What is squandered and what is not? Is it regret? Cause, noone sees it same nor want the same. Therefore it has to be regret that one feels. It matters not what others say.
if you think you're wasting time, that means you're not doing what you're supposed to be doing according to your values. Now that values may be bad when perceived by others, or good. YOU tell yourself if you're wasting time or not. The video didn't say you're wasting your time. It's a call out for people who THINK they're wasting their time.
You have to be thinking about your future even in some way all the time, not so much about the world and everything around you but yourself, you have to think “what will I be happy I did in x years from now?” There’s uncertainty with the future but that’s never going to change ❤
@@brandonmeens I would agree if we're talking about seeing future through the lens of hope, instead of anxiety. Former entices to you act from the positive premise, latter forces you to act from the negative. Saying that, the dialectical thought process comes to mind. Which means we arguably need both positive and negative premises. Not just being anxious about death, but also being hopeful about the future. And it's the latter that is lacking for a lot of us and the world at large right now.
If you weren’t anxious about anything, there’d be nothing you’d want to change. As a rule of thumb, if you can’t change something at this very moment than there’s no point being anxious about it, is there?
@Novastar.SaberCombat No one masters fear you just learn to temper it. It's like saying you conqueror hunger, you can be someone who fasts easy but in the right situation Being at the right temperment everyone is suspecitible and Wil fall back into it at some point in life
You may not realize it but you’ve helped me and many many people with these. They make me realize that I should take life slow and be more calm thanks from me and many others
I share the sentiments. I feel like I have the right internal philosophies. I’ve done what I can internally, but my external factors still need to change for any of these things to actualize.
I hope this helps, its was never about how not to waste your time but to learn the value of time and not to waste it. Living with this idea in mind gives you the appreciation to peruse what really matter to you and your values now. There is no one way to live your life except by starting to live by experiencing it first.
Video has come at a perfect time for me. I was thinking about this the other day, I'm still young but I really don't know how to stop letting time go so fast and to enjoy the moment. I don't want to wake up in 30 years and feel like I wasted my life
weirdly enough i was just looking in the mirror and thinking how to fix my routine and being accountable for the actions of my life and this video pops up
Soul search and find what you truly want, and figure out what you need to do to get it. I’m not talking about a new car, a huge mansion, I’m talking deep down. For me, I want a job that’s fulfilling and that doesn’t leave me more stressed when I leave than when I came in. I have an idea of what that means for me and the steps it will take. It’s not an instant fix, but RU-vid shorts isn’t going to get me where I want to be either.
One day I started to see my desires as something external to myself, things that are imposed on me that I don't have direct control over or any obligation to fulfill. Desires have no end, so you need to chose something else to measure yourself by.
Sometimes, i really feel if im living or just existing. Without knowing what comes tomorrow, I do not know what i'll be doing in the next 30 min. And as i try to find an answer i always end up more confused than before.
when i was young i felt like i am wasting my life sometimes. but since my late 20s i dont feel that way anymore, my job is quite meaningless and i spend most of my free time on my computer. i sometimes engage politicly by doing volunteering for a party. but i felt this way long before i started volunteering.
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested. But when it is wasted in heedless luxury and spent on no good activity, we are forced at last by death’s final constraint to realize that it has passed away before we knew it was passing. So it is: we are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it… Life is long if you know how to use it. Seneca
The last thing most of us need is a reminder that we don’t do enough. The problem is not that people don’t think about their goals - it’s that they have too many of those and are trapped under the weight of all of them. What we should really propagate is that time is limited and therefore we would never be able to fulfil every need we have. We should be able to let go. If you find a list of your goals from when you were 11 years old how many of those are still relevant? You didn’t achieve some of them (maybe none) but maybe you were doing something more important? Maybe caring for a family member that required your help or built a relationship with significant other? I can bet those were not on your vision board. So, adding a new goal requires you not to only write it down and then beat yourself up for not coming through with it but to actually plan a path to achieving it with what time of the day/week/month would be dedicated to it. And then it all becomes clear. As one author said “when you know what to do Xbox goes to the attic”. You suddenly stop reacting to distractions when you know what to do. And you are distracted now either because you don’t know what to do and have to find out, or you do know but choose to be distracted because if you never start anything you can’t evaluate if you’ve failed or not. In this case you fail by not starting. It also might be option paralysis - you have so much on your mind and you don’t know where to start. Anyway, your start shouldn’t be on social media shitposting and doomscrolling. Get rid of distractions, get rid of excess goals, keep a minimally viable option of your life which doesn’t instil total despair and try to live it at least until the end of the year. Then evaluate how it is going, reschedule and try again for a different period which is adequate for control to you. How to understand which goals to get rid of? Easy - they don’t really matter to you. The goals of vanity, false ideals or peer pressure should be the first to go. Think for yourself when building your own life, you’ll make mistakes anyway. Just remember that life is not a single universal competition, you won’t get a highscore table at the end of it, you won’t even know how many likes you have at the time of death! So don’t bother with BS. Set goals for yourself to make your life interesting to live by your opinion. You’ll be amazed at how little do you really need to feel content.
"He gives us a stark reminder in his book, _On the Shortness of Time."_ -The book is physically shown titled _"On the Shortness of Life"_ 10/10, would Sisyphus a 56th time.
Weirdly doing more and keeping busy speeds time up. Sometimes as counterintuitive as it may seem the best use of your time is do absolutely nothing at all.
Time passes through and I thought I was comfortable by it until the dread of my last day started creeping in. What I thought was peace of letting things be was not harmony but apathy and even realizing it I am still stuck in it.
For me, I need to do the opposite of this philosophy (and I'm sure there's many like me). I work too hard because I am scared of wasting my precious time. I'm thinking about death too often. I am overly disciplined in a way that makes it hard for me to relax and play, because that feels useless. So I need to do the opposite, to learn the value of time-wasting, of not thinking about death, of realizing the detail can be more important than the all-encompassing. Just wanted to share my point of view - we are all different, so surely there are plenty people who need to be more disciplined in activating themselves, but there's also plenty like me.
You make the life that you live, your circumstances only shape the path through it. It’s really hard to dig through the shit if you’ve been given a bad start, or are given ailments that put you down, it’s okay to have a rollercoaster but know that there’s more ahead.
This is great timing. I just moved into an new apartment and after today was feeling lost on what to do. this video helped pull me back into focus a bit. Thank you
Thank you for another great video. Personally, i dont feel like wasting life, but i lack of people, friends, atleast the ones i could share my hobbies with. I am tired to look after new ones or else.
banger vid - thank you! when i turned 41, I drew 9 circles in my journal to represent each decade of my life. i put big relationships/changes/events/things that happened in my 1s, 10s, 20s, and 30s. and then in the later decade circles i added things i knew would likely happen (like my kid finishing high school). i did this so i could realistically plan. but it did give me what i think is momento mori feels - in that it made me feel the smallest of my life and yet the possibility that was still there and the encouragement from all the meaningful things that had happened so far - have of which bc I was a child was largely not in my control. leaving this prompt idea here for folks who may vibe with this sentiment and wanna thing to do to engage and learn about it more.
Thanks man. The last year's been hell. I've literally fallen into consumption to cope and wasted boat loads of money. I did come to this realization myself, but this vid pointed me to someone I can read up on
...eh, I don't know how much the ideas in the video resonate with me. It feels like the video and/or Seneca's teachings advocate for being happy with where you are in life, to simply be happy and at peace because you are going to eventually die. It sounds unconstructive and like we're supposed to find motivation to better ourselves by getting rid of our current discontentment with our lives.
Ahh, memento mori, just the inspiration I needed! One day this life will be over, and a day much sooner than that my youth will be over! The time is now, to do exactly what I must do, so here I go... I'm gonna... I'm gonna... Okay I have no ideal, I'll have to come back to this some other day.
Im very tempted to quit youtube all together, time is too precious yet, with so much time we don’t know what to do with it until we don’t have any, then we want it all back.
Great video overall. I do wonder if you would consider playing basketball near the river in a Portuguese city, with 2 friends and a random local who happened to approach you in the street, a waste of time. 🤔 Have a good one
Time is precious, but take your own goddamned time to do things, dont rush when not needed. Enjoy the time passing some day, its a good feeling. The river of time flows by itself, no need to try and stop it, or make every drop of it worth it, it just lead to insanity and anxiety
According to my current understanding, these behaviours that stoics practiced, they are not practices, they are consequences of 1 permanent understanding (refrence - upanishads)
Well i tried everything, i acomplished everything i set out to do, i was a neet now im in college, but guess what im so depressed, so lonely and my past trauma has caugth up with me so i gave up on life, will drop out of college and become a neet again, i know i am wasting my life, i just dont carez i will most likely expire next year (If u catch my drift) life really isnt worth it anymore. I even documented my journey on some of my videos, life is miserable, people are miserable, and theres nothing i can do i cant and will never ne happy no matter what i try, so its pointless to try, im just gonna waste my whole life as a shut in neet.
I'm not wasting my life: I'm recovering from grief and burnout while trying to function as an adult with disabilities. I may not be productive nor active most of the time, but I'm existing - and that's plenty enough. I can't do much more, anyway.
Reflection is truly both key and lock. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the Universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ -- Diamond Dragons (series)
I’ve been visited by an Omen, I struggle with bad adhd and terrible goal focus, and I’ve joined a new band, called “Sex with Seneca” literally days ago…
If you suffer from a major anxiety disorder, be sure practice Stoic philosophy PATIENTLY with yourself; otherwise you can end up in a panicked rut, as you spin your tires in toxic productivity. Creating for yourself nothing more than an ulcer.
It's a game of choices. When you have done your responsibilities monday to friday, don't get guilt tripped or ashamed when you want to have fun on the evening or weekends
This hits hard bc I’m actually at the gym not wanting to be here and wishing I was doing anything else besides leg extensions 🔥 but this helps so I thank you
There is no meaning and purpose in life when you look at the root of it , you have born as human being so just learn ,eat sleep , enjoy look at the society humans have build, look at the technologies humans have created just see learn what you like make some money for your fundamental stability enjoy the life we all die one day even if you become richest person in the world or poorest person in the world , i mean people always say to make lot of money, reputation, pride its important but we should also know its not the only importance 😊
