Re:Ask HN: What are good life skills for people to learn?
by ejolto on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:22AM
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What do you do with all your extra spare time? Are you learning some skill or are you relaxing in some other way not related to technology?
Re:Ask HN: What are good life skills for people to learn?
by m0zg on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:40AM
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There's plenty to do: I can have hobbies again. I have finished a lot of old projects in the past 6 months, some of which sat in my garage for almost a decade. It's really satisfying. I'm practicing on the guitar again, too. That alone will soak up all the spare time you might have.
Re:Ask HN: What are good life skills for people to learn?
by ejolto on Monday September 28, 2020 @01:37PM
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That's cool to hear, and motivational. I'd like to learn how to play the guitar and how to draw. Getting started is challenging though, especially with the distractions from phones.
Re:Ask HN: What are good life skills for people to learn?
by m0zg on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:47PM
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Exactly. Every time going gets hard there's a temptation to just fire up the browser or youtube. You have to make a conscious effort to _not_ do this. You have to also be _bored_ to do anything of value. It's very easy to be entertained nowadays. Similarly to cake, entertainment is good only in moderation, though.
More like years, nowadays. Some people (most?) never recover at all, because it's cheaper and more addictive than smoking. Apple's detailed time tracking was a revelation. We discovered that my wife (who is currently out of a job due to COVID) was speding 8+ hours every day on her iPhone and iPad alone, and I myself was spending entirely too much time on my mobile devices as well. I managed to cut down to about 1.5 hours a day. She's still struggling with it. And it's hard. I have to leave my phone upstairs so I don't relapse.