Re:Ask HN: How do you manage your other half of life?
by bingobongo1 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:55PM
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>I have trouble managing other aspects of life like socializing
How so?
>hanging out with the family
What are you doing when not hanging out with the family?
>Hell I even often get blamed for wearing the same types of outfit
This isn't your problem at all it's someone else's.
>I just can't get enough time to complete my work.
Honestly, try cultivating Shamatha, which is meditative equipoise or calm abiding mind. Singled pointed concentration is relaxing and has the effect of increased mental stability over time. Check out this book on it [1].
How so?
>hanging out with the family
What are you doing when not hanging out with the family?
>Hell I even often get blamed for wearing the same types of outfit
This isn't your problem at all it's someone else's.
>I just can't get enough time to complete my work.
Honestly, try cultivating Shamatha, which is meditative equipoise or calm abiding mind. Singled pointed concentration is relaxing and has the effect of increased mental stability over time. Check out this book on it [1].
[1] - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64084.The_Attention_Revo...