The Importance of Wasting Time | Stephan Joppich
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When I was a teenager, I spent my entire free time playing video games. Mostly League of Legends but also Call of Duty, Age of Empires, or Minecraft. This wasn’t a casual hobby. It was an obsession. I would come home from school, toss my backpack into the corner, boot up my computer, and play — often late into the night. School […]
  • rhythmisaprancer@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The author doesn’t mention it, but their final argument, to me, is stoicism. It’s hard to get into for some, and for me, sometimes hard to stick with, but it is such an incredibly helpful thing to understand. It’s also frequently misunderstood. Just like “wasting time.”