You waste too much time (and it needs to stop)

how much time do you waste per day estimate a number now the interesting thing is that I didn't say what I mean by wasted time you know what wasted means for you personally you have your own definition of wasted time it's either inefficient studying scrolling through the Instagram feed or my personal favorite watching things on YouTube that you not only don't want to watch but that you don't even care about and that make you feel terrible about watching it after you're done however you waste your time it needs to stop and especially when you're young

because you have the greatest Ally of mankind on your side The Compound Effect whatever you do today will come back to you with tenfold magnification in the positive and in the negative sense and it doesn't matter whether it's Financial physical social or anything else and the nice thing is there are many productive things besides work spending time in nature is productive having a good sleep is productive having nice conversations with family and friends is productive there are so many useful things to focus on and it's painful to understand how much of what you're doing isn't

productive and even more painful once you understand how much compounded potential you waste you probably know the moment when you look for a movie or a TV show on Netflix so you search and search and come to the conclusion that there is nothing good to watch this is a clear sign that you waste your time I mean if you have 10 out of 10 fun when you play a video game or watch a movie fair enough I do this from time to time as well but when your enjoyment is below let's say 7 out of

10 It's just sad often times there is this feeling of internal rot and Corruption that goes along with it that makes you feel bad spending time with degenerate instant gratification activities and not even enjoying them is an evil betrayal of your future self as the Russian author Dusty wrote 150 years ago your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing when I read this the first time it was like a punch in the face it was like my imaginative 10-year-old older me traveled back in time and told me you wasted so

much time already please make it better in the future please don't betray me your future selves across time look at you right now and they beg you for making the right decisions or at least for trying to make the right decisions if your life isn't everything it could be just ask yourself what would happen if I just stopped wasting my time