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Have you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless? (lemmy.world)

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[-] unicorn@mander.xyz 9 points 7 months ago

On some level yes, but ultimately the worst cases of poorly invested time make me learn to spend my time better, so it wasn't entirely wasted - I like to think of it as a learning experience.

What I am more concerned about is subtle time wasting, sprinkled all throughout daily life in the form of various technologies and media mainly. It's so hard to get a feeling for how much time you are really spending there and it's even harder to escape it.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

and why this subtle time wasting matter?

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