Inspirational article: Don’t lie to yourself, you are not that tired

I once thought that I didn’t have time to do the things I like because there were too many chores in school, so during the holidays at the end of each semester, I would bring a box full of books home, thinking I will definitely be able to read all these books in this month’s free time. But in fact, almost every time, I brought the books back intact, and while struggling to carry the boxes, I cursed that I had just lost my mind.

There is a term in psychology called "rationalization attribution", which means that we will find reasons for what we do to make it look more reasonable to avoid being excessively condemned by ourselves. .

This is a good explanation for why my mind will be intermittently flooded every six months: whenever I fail to complete the ambitious plans at the beginning of the semester, I always tell myself, There are too many things in school that leave me no time to do the things I really want to do. However, every time I carry a large box of books home, I always find that there are just as many things at home. There were so many class reunions to go to, so many movies to watch, and internships and driving lessons to do. The time at home was no more relaxed than at school, so that a month later I had to carry an intact big box back home. school and yelled at himself for being a fool.

This reminds me of that classic joke.

Female: Do you smoke?

Male: Smoke.

Female: How many bags per day?

Men: 3 packs.

Female: How much does each pack cost?

Male: 10 pounds.

Female: How long have you been smoking?

Male: 15 years.

Female: So you have spent ￡10,950 on smoking every year over the years.

Male: Correct.

Female: 10,950 pounds a year. If you don’t take inflation into account, you spent a total of 164,250 pounds on smoking in the past 15 years, right?

Male: Yeah.

Female: Do you know? If you didn't smoke and put that money in a high-interest savings account, compounded, you could buy a Ferrari right now.

Male: Do you smoke?

Female: No.

Male: What about your Ferrari?

Although there are some logical problems with this joke, I think it reflects some truth. You may not smoke or drink, but you will buy cosmetics and clothes, but in the end you will not save any money.

There is a saying that was once popular on the Internet: "Judging from the efforts of most people, they are far from reaching the level of talent." The reason is very simple, in fact, it is "lazy".

But it would be too embarrassing to directly admit that you are lazy, so you have to find a high-sounding reason for yourself. Just like "resigning to travel" that has been very popular in the past two years, it is euphemistically called "finding the original intention", but I really can't see where there are so many original intentions for everyone to find on the snowy plateau.

If you find your dream, then do it quickly; if you don’t find your dream, then go find it quickly.

I used to feel that I didn’t have time to do things that could really improve myself. Looking back now, I realize that one is that I am lazy and the other is that I am stupid. If you really want to find time, start by cutting out the things with the lowest marginal value. Playing computer games for 30 minutes a day may help relax the brain, but playing for 3 hours and saying it is for relaxation is a bit unreasonable.