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onlythelonly  ·  4051 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski: How Do You Balance Your Time?

Priorities, mate. You are what you eat, that's the foundation for me. Never miss a chance to sleep. Work is the biggest drain. It's unreasonable. You're right, we haven't evolved significantly in 10,000 years and we're really pushin the limits on this model's hardware. We're animals pretending we're somehow above our nature.

I will say at the moment i'm sacrificing things that are really not important. Mostly putting on airs. I've found that really hanging in the pocket in a groove with a tight band on stage is what's really important. Nothing else like it, yet





am_Unition  ·  4050 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Work is the biggest drain.

Mannnn, isn't that the truth. I'm salaried, and right now I'm experiencing a massive push to complete a phase.

    We're animals pretending we're somehow above our nature.

Once, my mom put me through therapy (in an attempt to curb my procrastination and make me more assertive, HAHaha, ok mom). I forget what feeling or desire I had outlined, but my therapist/friend-for-hire conceded that "if it's primal, it's valid". I'm all for attempting transcendence, but pretending we aren't all monkeys is usually a mistake.

Also, please tell me what the phrase "putting on airs" means, I'm planning on using it in the next awkward workplace conversation...

Cheers!

onlythelonly  ·  4050 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh man I do not envy salaried employees. They got you by the balls these days, don't they?

Anyway putting on airs bullshitting. Pretending to be something you're not. La di da and all that. Not sure how you'd work that into conversation...try it with an English accent.

am_Unition  ·  4048 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Can confirm: Balls currently in a vice. This sentence typed during a teleconference.

Hahah, I'll definitely bust out my Brit dialect when I drop that phrase. Thanks.