The Illusion of Our Time

I find it so interesting that we spend most of our life wanting to be somewhere that we're not, and we're always looking for what's next.

And when we're young, we wanna be older, but then we wish-- when we're older, we wish we could go back to our young years.

And I've been questioning, why am I living life in a rush? And why am I always trying to be ahead and not feel like I'm behind in life and...

Because I'm following this made-up timeline.

I'm comparing my life with this made-up timeline that society is-- tends to follow.

But the more I think about it, the more I realize that our perception on time is shaped by expectations, comparisons, and society's made-up timeline of how your life should be.

These made-up systems are engraved in our brains, and it's what controls us and what determines our timeline.

Basically, time is universal.

It's our relationship with it that determines how we experience life, basically.

And there's a reason why there's so many concepts of it within philosophy, psychology, religion, all of these, like Buddhism, Stoicism, and all the religions.

Time is so fundamental in our life.

It's one of the main aspects of human existence.

For example, Buddhism emphasizes impermanence and the present moment.

Stoicism emphasizes mortality.

Hell, economics emphasizes, like, opportunity costs and trade-offs.

And psychology is about how...

It's all about, like, our perception of time and anxiety and the future or the past for, like, depression.

I find it very important, for me at least, to inform myself-- inform myself? With these concepts so I know that there's not just one way to live a life.

There's so many different ways to live your life and to experience it as well.

Every single individual on this earth has time.

And no matter the length, your life can be as beautiful as anybody else's, and enjoyable.