Does anyone else feel like they can't enjoy watching movies or reading novels because there's more important things you should be doing?

TheRedStoic · 2016-11-06T22:52:10+00:00

Used to.

Then I learned that relaxation is every bit as important as progression.

If you don't, you'll burn out. Ideally yes, find progressions that also relax you, "for example, having a job you can't wait to do every day and would have as a hobby anyway". But for many, that's not possible, or its not likely. Remember talents often differ from preferences.

At this point I've been operating in a happy medium for a decade. Build value 80 percent of the time, spend it "playing hard" the other 20.

You really shouldn't and can't continuously beat yourself up for taking a break. The body needs rest, so too does the mind.

brujon · 2016-11-07T06:27:03+00:00

When you improve yourself enough, it gets to a point where you actually value your me time more than you value time spent chasing girls or being in your work. You're already stable financially, and girls just come naturally. You have a healthy amount of plates, and if they're gone, new plates just kind of gravitate towards you.

Gets to a point where you're getting more attention than you want. Then you just want to be left alone, or start working on a girl of your caliber, so you get a nice LTR going, and sort of stabilize.

Or you just keep spinning those plates and maintain a single lifestyle, to each his own. Either way, it's easy to stabilize once you get to that point.

BlackHeart89 · 2016-11-06T22:52:16+00:00

I work 50 to 60 hours per week, have a girlfriend, and work out 3 to 4 days per week. No. No I do not have a hard time relaxing and enjoying some down time whenever I get some.

SkorchZang · 2016-11-07T06:42:06+00:00

Yes, of course. The Matrix produces mass amounts of "go back to sleep" pap for your consumption. They will be very sad if you evade all their efforts, and you get to harvest many delicious triggerings from people when you announce you didn't watch the all-woman Ghostbusters or the all-gay Starwars, nor are you ever planning to.

However don't forget about the existence of Great Books for Men. These are the kinds of novels that you read, and your life is forever changed, the kind of poems you memorize because you want to permanently decorate your mental landscape with their lasting beauty, and the concepts & philosophies that make you stronger.

[deleted] · 2016-11-06T20:56:56+00:00

Yes now more than ever.

W_O_M_B_A_T · 2016-11-06T23:06:05+00:00

If you only do things that are important, you'll never have any fun. Unless you consider fun and relaxation important.

ExitTheNarrative · 2016-11-07T00:14:34+00:00

i can't stand media today because it's 2bp4me

it is awesome to find some rp media though, we should make a list because rp media is rare

curunir · 2016-11-07T01:56:49+00:00

No, but right now I feel like I shouldn't be on Reddit because I really have some shit to get done.

1v1mebruh · 2016-11-07T04:23:28+00:00

Yes. I no longer watch movies or read novels. Works great for me, I feel so much better. I feel liberated from all the bullshit fiction I've been guzzling my whole life.

notimportantjustme · 2016-11-06T21:21:25+00:00

Not exactly that, but there are times I avoid hearing some butthurt love songs while in the past I liked them.

It's like if things are going good, they don't apply to you. And if they apply to you, it's the last thing you should be hearing. So there's never a good time to hear them, so they're pointless.

I don't see how women would be attracted to someone who listens to such a song and is crying his eyes out.

Now that I think of it, I also pass on playing video games for this reason. I am like, how long will this game last, 20 hours? That's three days of sleeping or whatever, it's not worth it. A game must be really, really good for me to spend time on it, else I just pass, while in the past I'd play a lot of them.

redditatt · 2016-11-06T23:31:20+00:00

I watch shows I can learn from.. House of Cards for instance is a great study in The 48 Laws of Power. I also enjoy epics like Spartacus, Vikings etc which have a great strategic element and are great motivation for the gym.

As for novels, again it's all about selection, for example Paul Cohelo's The Alchemist aligns well with RP concepts.

jnsu_ · 2016-11-06T21:12:51+00:00

yeah i actually feel this way about movies i know exactly how you feel thats wierd lol

Solitary_Wolf · 2016-11-07T00:56:07+00:00

yes, however i just spent 3 days in hospital and 4 days before that without any sleep or food, so i plan on spending the foreseeable week watching movies and sleeping.

Title	Does anyone else feel like they can't enjoy watching movies or reading novels because there's more important things you should be doing?
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Date	November 6, 2016 8:50 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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