{"id":14975,"date":"2023-03-11T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=14975"},"modified":"2023-03-20T01:53:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T09:53:52","slug":"more-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/11\/more-time\/","title":{"rendered":"What Would You Do With More Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suppose you could add an extra two hours to every day: what would you do with your time?<\/p>\n<p>Would you take up a new hobby? Spend more time with friends or your family? Learn a new skill? Or simply give yourself more time to relax?<\/p>\n<p>In imagining how you\u2019d spend an extra two hours, magically grafted onto each day, pay attention to what you don\u2019t add. You probably wouldn\u2019t add another meeting at the office or extra emails to respond to. I doubt you\u2019d add more time spent browsing on your phone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-podcast\">\n<small>Listen to this article<\/small><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1467847972&#038;color=%23219895&#038;inverse=false&#038;auto_play=false&#038;show_user=true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LOF-L4-more-time-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LOF-L4-more-time-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LOF-L4-more-time-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LOF-L4-more-time-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LOF-L4-more-time-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LOF-L4-more-time.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Yet, for most of us, we already spend far more than two hours per day on activities we wouldn\u2019t add in if more time had been gifted to us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already gone some way to explain this seeming contradiction:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/05\/needing-attention\/\">Our attention is under the sway of powerful instincts<\/a> developed for a different environment than we live in. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/07\/sustainable-productivity\/\">We equate productivity with effortful exertion<\/a>, mistaking the feeling of busyness for actually spending time on things that matter.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/09\/time-log\/\">We don\u2019t know where our time actually goes<\/a>, so we can lie to ourselves about how much of it is on activities we don\u2019t care about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cultivating a life of focus requires creating deliberate systems to turn back some of these forces. Good systems work in the background, silently adjusting your attention to the categories you deem most worthwhile in your life.<\/p>\n<p>Creating these deliberate systems, unfortunately, requires an investment of more than just reading. When creating Life of Focus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnewport.com\">Cal Newport <\/a>and I were motivated to provide structure, accountability and an opportunity to work on building these systems. There is no overnight fix. That\u2019s why the program runs for three months, as we slowly build up new habits.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On Monday, we\u2019ll reopen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.life-of-focus-course.com\">Life of Focus<\/a> for a new session. Before we do, however, I\u2019d like to ask you to earnestly consider what you\u2019d do with an extra two hours per day. 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