the fucked up thing is that i can never stop spending time. there are no free actions. thinking about what to do is itself an action that consumes time. i need a pause button for reality so bad and i genuinely hate that i don’t have one
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What would you do with the pause button if you had it?
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catch my breath, relax, think
i think "relax" is probably the most important one, like it's hard for me to relax while simultaneously being aware of the passage of time
wdym by relaxing ? is it
- *doing* nothing
- not having an agenda & just doing whatever you feel like doing at the moment
- doing things you feel rejuvenated after having done
what relax means for me seems to change depending on my inner state
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when I'm in the "have to do a lot of stuff , while also not feeling like shit" mood , relaxing is instrumental : its just a means of being more productive
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Gotcha, I feel that sometimes too. When I do, I find this question helpful: what am I afraid will happen if I "relax" without "hitting pause"?
Another perspective I've found helpful on this point:
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