Tedious
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Tedious

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education
cognitive science
daily life
habits
productivity

Let me ask you a question, can you watch a whole 50-minute video on Youtube without getting bored?

What about a 2-hour math class?

If you are like most people nowadays, you can't. It's so tedious.

With social media, we got used to consuming fast content. Fast information usually is very insufficient as well as addicting.

Social platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook can destroy your capability of maintaining focus while doing some task that takes time and concentration.

I really can't say enough how terrible that is.

We must learn in order to live, we must focus in order to learn, we must get used to the feeling of boredom in order to focus.

Do this every single day:

  • consume something that takes 50 or more minutes (video, podcasts, books, etc.).
  • Do nothing for 10 minutes.
  • Notice the feeling of boredom and accept it.
  • avoid videos with less than 20 minutes of duration

By doing this consistently you can once again be the human everyone was supposed to be.

So, if you can change, don't be stupid, please!

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