Tim Urban wrote about Depressing Math- The Logic of why we dont have that big amount of time we are thinking of. As depressive it is, its the main reason to take action for a meaningful life.

 Depressing Math

counts only a few thousand weeks, try making the most out of it. If you cant imagine it, i recommend you to look at the image in the above article.

A 90 Year Life

how often does something happen? Visits for your parents, moments of joy, meetings with friends - just to name a little selection. Imagine something happens once every year, thats 10 times in a decade. Now try to use this principe tim writes about on times you arent able to use your time as you wish: sickness, traveltime in cars, thats how little time we have.

Counting

No reason to be in a rush you wont be able to finish something. Just keep in mind how to use time more joyful or efficently and important things will come to you in a matter of time.

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By Tim Urban

Mr. Urban is the author of <a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/">Wait but Why </a>, a stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything. He first wrote about the idea of “<a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html">Depressing Math </a>” in 2015.

I have good news and bad news for you. Let’s start with the bad: a concept I call Depressing Math.

That’s one box for every week of a 90-year life. It often feels like we have countless weeks ahead of us. But actually, it’s just a few thousand — a small-enough number to fit neatly in a single image.

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