A book about time tracking right after I failed to do that.
This book talks about time tracking.
We have three selves, the anticipating self, the experiencing self, and the remembering self. The anticipating and remembering self activate the same regions of the brain. Thus, anticipating an event is very similar to remembering it. Often when it comes to making decisions about what to do, we only pay attention to our ‘experiencing self’. That’s the one who’s tired, and worrying about logistics.
“We pamper the present like a spoiled child.”
Plan it in. Do it anyway.
I’m tired now... but I’ll always be tired - and we draw energy from meaningful things. All time passes. Whether I do anything today or not, eventually I’ll be on the other side of the next 24 hours. It can be filled with nothing, in this case, meaningless somethings, or it can be filled with something more intriguing. As for that intriguing something, even if my anticipating self is more timid, eventually I’ll be on the other side of this activity. If it doesn’t kill me (and most things won’t) I’ll be left with a good story. I can push. And so I do.
Effortless fun (scrolling through social media, watching dumb videos) doesn’t make memories. Effortful fun, despite being more work, are what leads to a fulfilling and memorable life. You’ll never regret having effortful fun, you’ll never remember having effortless fun.
Low expectations, met consistently, lead to great things in the long run.
Phones and other electronics are too good at providing quick, impromptu effortless fun. Little couple minutes Phone checks add up throughout the day to suck up all the time you have in between things. Resulting in multiple full hours each day that are not remembered and not really felt or appreciated.
You can sometimes invest some time now to save yourself more time later. These are time dividends. Things like taking an extra couple of seconds when making a meeting to include the document in the meeting invite that you'll be typing over in the meeting.