[colund]

I manage my time by stopping reading after a few sections when I realize that the article does not contain information that will matter to me for real.

It's actually quite simple. Only do things you really want to do and try to do it well. Be nice to others and be nice to yourself.

Don't waste time reading stuff which is boring but... "stay hungry... stay foolish"

[nether]

Why should one stay hungry? What about conquering one's insatiability, and becoming content?

[PeterisP]

Well, being content and happy with your current state is pretty much not compatible with high ambition and continually striving to achieve more, it's a tradeoff.

As in the old quote - "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

[enraged_camel]

False dichotomy.

Contentedness and happiness are very different things. The former comes from the inside. It is a sense of satisfaction and peace. The latter comes from the outside. It's a sense of elation and joy.

The reason your post presents a false dichotomy is that it is possible to be both content and happy. In fact, people should strive for a balance of both. Being content should not get in the way of attaining happiness, or vice versa.

[golergka]

Then you lose your drive to move forward. Then zen feeling of being content is not mush different from being dead.

[zpr]

A pronounced theme in the article was disregarding this superficial drive to nowhere and instead focusing on philosophising on your own existence.

I doubt many of us know what it's like to be dead but to think its Zen is actually a nice thought.

[hornbaker]

Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want.

[obstacle1]

Delusion is asserting that you've found some objective measure of happiness that can be generalized to everyone.

[skinnymuch]

Yeah I also felt that way after a couple paragraphs. I still skimmed/speed read to the end, but I get what you're saying. The article is good though and worth a full skim or speed read in my opinion

[foldr]

>Only do things you really want to do

We all have ethical responsibilities that require doing things that we don't want to do.

[taterbase]

I would argue that these are things we want to do but just are not excited about the effort or potential results.

[foldr]

Well, speak for yourself!

[ryandrake]

Haha, I notice that too. 5000+ word article on managing one's time.

[paulpauper]

ironically reading such a long article seemed like a poor use of my own time , so I skimmed it

[andyidsinga]

> Be nice to others and be nice to yourself.

> Don't waste time reading stuff which is boring but... "stay hungry... stay foolish"

this!