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I wish there was more time in the day (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Having just finished reading The Governance of China's first volume and really taking in the fact that there's three more to read in that series alone, I truly do wish I had more time. Between going to university, wanting to consume and create art (books and video games to be specific), developing relationships, cooking, cleaning, developing political thought and of course engaging in socialist construction, theres just so much I wish to do.

I'm not saying I'm 100% productive throughout the day on all days, but I cannot imagine doing more without causing damage to some part of me. Simultaneously I start to suffer from analysis paralysis at a certain point, like trying to decide if I should read America Against America or try to delve back into Capital's three volumes. Or if I want to read some poems in the backbone flute or start Italo Calvino's invisible cities.

I'm young (although simultaneously American, so I'm unsure how long I'll actually live) but at the same time I do wish I could move at a slower pace.

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[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 day ago

I literally will blink and a week will have passed sometimes its crazy.

[–] rostselmasch@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 23 hours ago

Please don't push your self to hard and look after your health. Starting from when I was 16, I did a lot of things. I had some talent in composing music (various genre) and was quite active in playing guitar, I didn't had a lot free time, because it was reserved for performing at gigs for three bands. I loved writing poems too, read a lot of books and somehow I managed to be highly invested in IT. Education was not a problem at all, school was easy.

Youth can be a great thing, I tell you. Its not like that I am old now (I passed the 20s the last year), but today I can't do this all. The problem is not even work or managing the household in addition, but somehow the energy is not there anymore. Being highly disabled is a reason of course too, but this not the reason for the trend regarding the decline of having energy.

When I was 22 years old, I got the chance to buy the collected works of Lenin. The dude who selled it inherited all this from his recently deceased father, who was a member of the DKP. For 10€ more I got some books by Marx and Engels, a small part of the collected works of Marx and Engels, some Stalin, Ulbricht, Thälmann and protocols of SED meetings. The guy had no idea what he was selling. Together with the Lenin works it was 35€. And then I had the strength and energy to read the stuff somehow, I really devoured Lenin. Lenin is particularly easy to read.

However, I didn't take my limits seriously. Especially because I took into account what the communists of the time were doing at my age. You shouldn't do that and it was a mistake I made. Over the next few years, I simply didn't want to accept that I couldn't do as much as I did when I was 17 or 18. It's still frustrating now. But it was good that I used that time so much for all sorts of things. I just should have understood that you can't maintain a level like that forever.

Basically, I just want to say this: make the most of the opportunities you have now. When it comes to books, I can highly recommend reading Lenin. It's a very good feeling to be able to pursue so many things, I remember that. But in any case, take good care of yourself and try to accept it if you can no longer maintain this level.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 day ago

I wish sleeping didn't take so damn long.