Should we be tracking time obsessively?
Stub • 161 Words • Calendars, 2024 • 02/01/2024 • View in graph
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Being attuned to time so sensitively seems like it could lead to negative consequences.
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Being attuned to time so sensitively seems bad, so should I be tracking time?
- being more aware of time makes you realize how little you have which can cause anxiety
- it makes you watch the clock more
- in tracking my time on my calendar, it would affect the time i would start tasks because it wouldn’t as cleanly display/input into the calendar
How can we balance calendar as memory with not being as time obsessed?
- We can try to create a calendar with no duration
- “Quiet tracking”
- Tracking in the background that is automated so that it’s non-invasive (ish)–out of sight and mind
Instead of YouTube and Spotify watch/listen time, focus more on last.fm-esque metrics which is more about number of songs listened to
- what if we removed all the references to time in YouTube?
- The play bar would still be there so you have a proportionality idea of the time, but we would move timestamps and other time related things.