like in retrospect it’s kinda obvious but the feeling of “having enough time” isn’t really about the number of items on your calendar but more your attitude towards yourself. you can have a ton of free time and still feel like you’re massively behind

also it was never possible to have “enough time for the things you want to do”. the things you want to do will expand with the time you give yourself

@kasratweets Did you go part time or quit your job or something?

@christineist yea! for much of 2023. now I’m working again

@kasratweets Freedom is a blessing and a curse I was surprised to find that when I’m most engaged is when I get most done - mainly by realizing what’s ACTUALLY more important / pulling my curiosity and being fine just doing that

@pchopra28 yes exactly. you will always have to make sacrifices when deciding how to spend your time, and you just gotta figure out how to make sacrifices you're happy with

@kasratweets You "gave yourself the time", but did you actually do those things that take time?

@easoncxz yes lol. but as I wrote in the thread it always felt like there still wasn't really enough time to do all of it. I still feel like I've only done ~1% of the things I'd like to do (the books I wanna read, the things I wanna learn, the art I wanna create)

@kasratweets There's also the things you think you want to do but don't actually want to do if you have the time. But it's good to take the time to figure this out.

@LukasRosenstock this is true. like some things are actually nice as "side activities" that you occasionally make time for rather than the "main thing" you're doing

@kasratweets I think it’s about accepting the limitations of time and recognizing that tradeoffs always have to be made, regardless of how “productive” or “effective” one is. At the end, even with extra time, there’s an active choice one has to make and come to peace with.

@kasratweets i 100% felt this after i quit my job lol

@kasratweets Yeah I think this is really common I first discovered this when I became interested in FIRE (early retirement) subreddits and saw so many people who quit their jobs but weren’t any happier

@kasratweets works expands to fill the time allocated to it etc

@kasratweets When you have something you really wanna do, you find the time