The Quiet Dread of Wasting Your Life

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• FU

  @functionalmelancholic · 7 days ago · pinned

  Further reading...<br><br>“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”<br>- Annie Dillard<br><br>Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals<br>Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide<br>Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart<br><br>Join me on Patreon for ad free videos, and other various creative work. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/thefunctionalmelancholic">https://www.patreon.com/cw/thefunctionalmelancholic</a> <br><br>Equipment: Hardware: iphone 14. Rode Videomic NTG. Software: imovie. Garageband <br><br>———————————— <br><br>Please note: This channel explores philosophical themes and is for educational purposes. It is not a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This is the only official Functional Melancholic YouTube Channel. This is not an AI channel. I am a real person. No green screens are used.

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• SH

  @shcaskey · 7 days ago (edited)

  I read this somewhere the other day ….”you have the right to live a life no one else understands.”

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• PA

  @patrickhannah4113 · 7 days ago

  We’ve become human “doings” rather than Human BEINGS!

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• MA

  @margienoire · 7 days ago

  The truth is I enjoy myself the most when I’m “wasting time”.

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• BR

  @brennagwyncampbell3127 · 7 days ago

  “We are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different.” - Kurt Vonnegut

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• MS

  @MsCookie21 · 7 days ago

  After I retired a few years , I felt like I wanted to do something purposeful. At 72-years-old, I accepted a position as caregiver. My previous career was as engineer tech, studies in Sociology. ..So I was referred to a 78 year old European gentleman, a former therapist/teacher recently diagnosed with dementia. One day we were sitting in his living room. He told me he could feel himself &nbsp;&quot;dying inside&quot;. &nbsp;Something told me 🤔 &nbsp;that was my cue! I took that man to a soulful club to see people learning to line dance, a barbecue joint, an arboretum, a walking trail, etc every week I show up, I&apos;ll have a new experience for him. He doesn&apos;t care that I am African American, we have some of the same books, music and his sense of humor is off the chains! It&apos;s heartbreaking to watch this disease progress with him. He still has many moments of lucidity. I am going to make sure he has new, edgy experiences and laughter.

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• MA

  @MartyScopes · 7 days ago

  I&apos;m 54. &nbsp;I&apos;m tired. &nbsp;I work too much. &nbsp;Too many aches and pains, followed by not enough fun. &nbsp;Any time I can find to smile and laugh, or tune out from life&apos;s realities, is time well spent.

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• PH

  @phantasmII · 6 days ago

  Watching your videos and listening to you is a very special thing to me. I am employed in an overnight job where I work completely alone. Every week I watch for your posts. It&apos;s actually a very intimate, personal thing to me... its like connecting with an old friend I&apos;ve known my entire life. I&apos;ve learned so much from you and I don&apos;t even know your name, which by the way, I &nbsp;completely understand. The 30 minutes(ish) you share each week takes me a few days to absorb. You have a lot of amazing viewpoints. I&apos;d like to thank you for sharing those parts of yourself with all of us who follow you.

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• ZI

  @zivjaron · 7 days ago

  Listening to you was time well spent

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• JE

  @JessicaJayeC · 6 days ago

  You are doing something important right now for at least 227,000 (and counting) people who need you. Thank you.

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• JI

  @jimmckee8401 · 7 days ago

  Zoning out and staring out the window just might be the best thought-free meditation you ever do. &nbsp;It&apos;s an achievement, not a failing.

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• WE

  @wendywilson-fall3230 · 6 days ago

  You are so right about &apos;old dreams.&apos; Like your younger self is holding you hostage. I feel that.

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