Hope you enjoyed the video gang! If you want to slow down time by journalling more, check out my journalling hub here: go.aliabdaal.com/journalling-prompts/yt
Hello Ali, did you make a mistake at 13:10 or is it really possible to have photos added to Apple / google photos with an actual camera? I think it's only possible with a phone? Right?
This is something I had realized last year, and the way I considered it was that our perception of time is not measured in time but in unique experiences. So if you spend 100 years of your life sitting at home, having the same day over and over, in the end you’ll feel like you only lived 1 day.
What I found useful is to create anchor points in life by changing the perfume each year and listen to the different music for a period of time. You come back to these smells and sounds years after and it really is a time machine
Oh cool, I did something similar with music. In 2020, I took all my liked songs and put them in a separate list called "My 2010s", and then I built a new set of liked songs from scratch. I didn't listen to the other list for a few years, and even now, it feels like time travel to listen to it for an afternoon. I think this is something we lost when music became completely on demand. My parents have memories based on when a song was on the radio, and I'm hoping to recreate that in my own life. My original plan was to do the music cleanse again in 2030, but 2025 seems like a better plan now.
When I go on a trip, I like to get a new album I've never heard before and play it frequently throughout the trip. It truly works as a time machine - when you hear that music years later, you think about the time you frequently played that song.
Nice, I did something similar by accident, had a big shift in life, break-up, new job, move to new city, spent most of my money on a new ikea couch / bed, my apt was too small to properly air out that ikea smell. Years later, I'm helping a friend set up his new couch, I couldn't believe how much emotional memory I had accidentally assigned to that new furniture smell, the sadness of a relationship ending, the peacefulness of letting go of that sadness, the emotional resolve to grow, I started tearing up a little. Nowadays I can still revisit that time in my life just by driving to ikea haha.
I left a corporate job in 2017 for the unknown in Hawaii. Since then I travelled all across Hawaii and have lived in New Zealand and 3 years in Australia plus travelling europe and southeast Asia. The last 7 years feels like 30-40 years in a great way. I have lived a long life even at 34 years old. Grateful 🙏🏼
@@EmilianoOrozcoRE not op but most "laptop jobs" are very remote nowadays, depending on the country. Often times not really management positions because companies like to promote people to positions in power that they regularly see at the office, but lots of well-paying specialist jobs can be done remote, so he can then travel around and work from the laptop. This can be IT, sales, analytics, writing, etc
On taking more photos... my mum goes everywhere with a tiny little notebook, a biro and four coloured pencils. When she goes on holiday, she doesn't take photos, she draws rooftops and people in cafes and unusual food and details on buildings. Every drawing is a distinct memory of a place experienced. I love this habit, and I really like that although they are just quick little drawings, she has a sort of 'handwriting' in her style. To me each drawing is a little piece of treasure.
I lived in Moscow & LA for 3 decades before moving to a rural village in Slovenia. I firmly believe that to slow down time a person needs to reduce the daily quantity of sensory stimulus, in addition to the advice you offered. Human body and psyche were simply not evolutionarily designed to do what's expected of busy people in modern cities with the current level of tech all around us. The pace is just different. Even with a never-ending start-up project plan and all routines, after work you find time to get bored, you sit and reflect, you watch the seasons change with nature all around you, you find joy in old hobbies and have much higher quality time with those close to you. It's both isolating and freeing like nothing I've ever experienced before. Adaptation takes time but then it becomes impossible to go back to the insanity of modern cities. I love traveling to the them, I just wouldn't live in one full time.
This is just a great advice! I realized that even when I was traveling, if I was too busy, days still felt like a blur because I was so stressed. I imagine if I were a monk living in the mountains with minimal sensory stimulus, and observing the smallest details in nature changing in front of me, I probably will feel like time has slowed down even if I'm doing the same thing everyday?
Me and my wife did something similar albeit not as extreme as you did. We moved from our almost million people capital city to a smaller city of quarter million. The difference in people's mentality and worldview is palpable. In the capital all is about business, everybody is minding their own stuff. Many people only work in the capital and are looking forward to weekends to get back home. In the smaller city we got most of the services and opportunities but we actually know our neighbors, we help and get help from strangers or we just have a pleasant small talk here and there. Local businesses know me personally, there's less traffic and less crowds. All this contributes towards time passing more slowly IMHO.
Really makes a lot of sense. No wonder why the years of Covid were such a blur. Stuck at home everyday with literally zero novelty experiences. I really like the journaling idea! Thanks for this!
I’m ALL IN on adventure travel. Skiing, mountaineering, backpacking, cycling, sailing, ultrarunning, and whatever else I can cook up. These experiences deliver an epic dose of novelty, flow state, and a sense of accomplishment that makes life feel so rich and vivid.
I was just talking to my wife yesterday about how I bias towards trying new things to avoid getting too comfortable/repetitive with my life. This video reaffirmed that for me!
I’ve been thinking about this - last 6 years have passed in a blink. Can’t remember much of it. I will start meditating, journaling , and taking daily photos (even a selfie - for the journal)
This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. I want to create many good memories and live a colorful life, but on the other hand, without routines, it’s hard to achieve long-term goals. These goals are often the biggest sources of happiness, at least for me. I’ve been living in the moment for many years now, and while I’ve gathered a lot of good memories, my bank account is empty, my relationships are suffering and the direction I’m heading in isn’t the one I really want. How can I get the best of both worlds?
That's the sad part, you can't get the best of both worlds. Every action or lifestyle has its pros and cons, it's just a matter of balancing them out. If there was such a perfect lifestyle, almost everyone would live the same way.
@@essa1877 If I can give you my advice of how I personally live my life trying to maximize both novelty and the stability of a routine is to find a job and partner that allows you smart working and working from anywhere. That's what I do. One month I'm chilling at home, next one I'm packing my laptop, travel around the world meeting friends while working at the same and then be back home without the need to take any days off from work. Bank account keeps staying full without being trapped in an office :)
I believe that time flies so much faster when you're older that it makes no sense asking people of different ages. The young have no idea how fast it could possibly feel, so they grade it on a whole different scale. In general, comparing self-reported subjective feelings has those issues and makes very little sense, since perception evolves with experience. It's like doctors asking you to grade your pain: For a young kid, their first scratch is the end of the world because they haven't known worse yet. That same scratch on us doesn't event register.
Thanks for your thoughts Ali! My take-away: rethink my balance of routine vs. novelty. I realized I tend to swing from one extreme to the other where some days I am so convinced I need more routine to eliminate decision fatigue, an others where I am convinced I need to exercise my freedom of choice. I now realize I need both, in healthy doses to experience more of my life :) And, congratulation on your marriage 😇💝
I'd say as someone who is already pretty mindful of my life and what I do, my key "to do" from rhis video is to restart my journaling, but this time just writing down the most memorable thing of my day. Even though I felt like yesterday was just the most standard and unimpressive day possible, when I really think about it there were some cool moments, and I'm sure I can find those in absolutely every day I look at
My key takeaways are that 1. I shall come back to journaling today! 2. I can be more intentional about how to perceive time, ultimately setting up routines and being selective about novelty in my life ❤ Thanks so much, Ali ❤ you're such a blessing in my life ❤
Thank you for making these videos!! I’ve been stressed with life the past couple years and put my health on the back burner. These are the reminders I needed to care for myself to avoid long term consequences. I want my quality of life to be good when I’m older.
I actually got to remember one of these days about the time I used to do journaling, and it made me think about little beautiful things. This video made me reconsider about starting it again, Thank you!
I have adhd so my time perception is already very distored aswell as my memory. But I already take a lot of photos and videos because this serves as a reliable way to keep memories.
Thanks! Also share my ideas on this topic: make new fridends, or talk with strangers, even it is only 5 -10 ten short chat, do some challenge task. The key is TRY NEW THINGS. These tricks really work for me . 😀
The Key points that made me to more conscious about slowing the time was - 1. Journaling ( that I always do ) but i wanna make this sincerely 2. Taking photos of the moment 3. Learn Mindfulness.
Dude I clicked on your video by complete chance, never watched one of yours before, and it's just super great. This topic has been in my head for a few months, and you really gave it more to deepen my reflexion, I was already journalling without re-reading stuff, I'll try doing that now, as well as the daily homework thing. And I even want to try and reproduce the numbers study that showed people not in a routine experience a slower time on my friends and family, it seems way too good to be true
Well Ali! I'm a highschooler, and your videos are just inspiring. I had tried your spaced repetition and active recall system in Notion and its going good. The Speed of time, in my opinion depends upon our experiences, and I felt it few months ago. If you experience a hundred things in a day, you feel like time have flied. But if you just do a thing a day, for example your'e bored, I feel that time flies slow in those cases. Thankyou for sharing such inspiring videos. Keep inspiring!
Qué excelente video. Tengo 23 años, desde que tengo 14 años por alguna razón he sentido siempre la necesidad de tomar muchas fotos de los momentos, no por la estética en sí, sino para capturar los pequeños buenos momentos. Y siempre he conservado todas esas fotos. Hoy en día me resulta sumamente gratificante sentarme a verlas y recordar con cariño todos esos buenos momentos de los últimos 10 años. Por alguna razón este último año había dejado de hacerlo, y gracias a tu video recordé la importancia que tenía esta bella práctica que traía conmigo y pienso retomarla. saludo desde Argentina
This video has reminded me how powerful meditation is for time dilation and inspired me to pick my morning yoga/meditation routine back up! Thanks Ali!
From my perspective (I'm 34), when I feel like time is moving fast, I try to imagine how it must be living another 30 years. I have so much memories yet allready, that I can't think about having twice as much. And I often try new things. I'm a creative person. So I bought a 3D-resin printer, for printing figures and paint them. There is much too learn, and many new impressions. At the end of a year, I think back and looking at all the memories I made. Games I played, places I traveled, people I've met, things I've learned.
This is so interesting! I’ve been a digital nomad moving around every few months or so for the last 6 years, and I feel like the years have gone sooooo slowly. It can be hard being on the move all the time, but I’m grateful to have slowed down time in my 20s. I worry the time will fly by when I settle down one day!
So much value in this video. Thanks Ali. I felt like I put the video at 1.5x instead, but it's at 1x and you just naturally speak so fast, contrary to Lex Fridman who speaks at 0.5x 😂
Going to start taking more photos. I couldn't agree more that there is nothing more enjoyable than seeing photos taken by others and enjoying that time.
The contractions in the end are quite interesting. Documenting everything to be able to watch memories on your phone when your at the toilet followed by being mindful about the present moment and fully absorbed in what you're doing each moment. I really enjoyed the video though. It's a form of topic i love reflecting on.
I honestly think that being able to remember many memories, big or small, is greatly important in life. lately, I've been thinking about how my much older self would react to my present self, and it has made me fully aware of how I likely wouldn't remember that much. I definitely needed a video like this 😭 I think I wanna go try out taking photos more. I cherish memories more when there's a photo attached to the journal entry that I can look back on. thanks for the video!!
Thanks once again Ali for this tremendous video. Personally, I've learnt great journalling prompts and now I'm gaining insights on how to experience my life rather than just spending it. Thanks once again buddy😄
I started watching this as I was on my way back from holidays and I really did not want to go back into the routine. I work as a programmer, so I do not have many repetitive tasks, which helps slow down the time and which I really appreciate now. I want to start doing the homework for life technique as I already do a bit of journaling before bed and it should not be too hard to start doing this alongside.
Ali, these are interesting theories. As a 51 year old who journals daily, does novel activities frequently, and attempts to go about my day in a mindful manner; I have not found time to slow down. My days, weeks, months, and years fly by faster and faster. I chalk it up to living a life I enjoy.
Nice. I made a Reddit post about this on the productivity sub "Why does it feel like time is flying faster on a day to day basis? ". Your video directly answered my question perfectly.
This was so interesting. My action point: Write down what I do every weekend. Usually when someone asks me how my weekend was, I can’t remember what I did, even when I stop and think really hard about it
This is the curse of the modern work from home world. I can have an 8hr day, in virtual meetings. No anchors, no change in scenery. And i wonder why i can't even remember who's been in each meeting!
3 things that helped me and literally changed my life 1. I stopped watching p**n 2. I read the book called 'Secret Pathway To Triumph' 3. Stopped drinking
Came here from Colby Kultgen's 1%Newsletter. It is the first video I have watched on your channel and I can say this video was very blissfull...the journalising part is so personal to me.
I was looking at some of my old sketchbooks and felt this! They were never intended as a journaling tool but it would be nice to sketch the homework for life.
Im 33, and when i think about my life over the years, i remember the years better if there was a big event or experience. For example, i remember the years 2015 and 2017 well because in 2015, i started dating my ex, and it was also the year i transferred to university. I also remember 2017 well because it was the year i graduated and got a new job to start my career. However, i don't remember the year 2016 well because it was the year i was busy working and studying almost every day, and nothing exciting really happened that year. I notice the years i remember best are the years i traveled, started/ended a relationship, started/ended a job.
That was really an eye-opening video. Ali, you're getting better and better at this. It's great to see you growing and expanding and discovering new opportunities to record the videos. I learned so much from you. Thank you.
Thank you for uploading such an informative video. I’ve never liked the idea of journaling, as it seems like too much work for my ADHD brain. However, after watching this video, I’m convinced that journaling is something my future self will definitely thank me for. I’m already excited about the prospect of reading through all the exciting, stressful, and indecisive moments I’m currently experiencing in the future.
Outstanding video Ali. Haven’t seen anyone else discussing this. Plus you break it down to simple terms. I’m already meditating 10 mins per morning. Just eyes closed. Focused on breathing. Kept it going for 3 months so far.
Most amazing thing I have learned is 10:16 Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Went to that page to find so many cool terms Oleka as mentioned in this video = awareness how few days are memorable Also looseleft = a sad feeling that comes when you complete a book [have felt this many times! Including reading your book feel-good-productivity ! ] Morii = desire to capture a fleeting experience with your camera [ I do this now and again when there is a moment worth reflecting back on] Elated MindDot = this moment is where you are happy, so you try to capture it with as much context, aware it will become a memory John Koenig called this kairosclerosis but I prefer my term = Elated MindDot
IDK why the idea of homework for life is so appealing to me. Maybe it’s the student in me, but I’m going to try to implement this. You’re a gem Ali (and the greater team that I am sure is working behind this)
The video felt so short! This was an amazing and fun topic I haven’t seen many other CZcamsrs or people talk about. Thanks for it Ali. As for my takeaway from this video, the most feasible change in my life could be adding anchors of novelty. It feels like a great way to stick with routine as well as look forward to the subtle new experiences.
I’ve always wondered how to slow time perception, as I really want to look back and have a really fulfilling life. And there are three times in my adult life I can remember time being really slow and lasting forever: - Freshers Week in September 2015. Absolutely amazing brilliant week but because it was a complete lifestyle change with no routine, I remembered so much more of it because that week was so crammed so full with new activities and was so emotionally stimulating. - A family weekend 2-day mini cruise in April 2019. Only 2 nights but again crammed it so full of activities and made the most of every hour. When I got home it really felt like a fulfilling and long 2-day break: - A 10-day trip to Athens in October 2023. Again felt like a hugely fulfilling holiday because I’d made sure I did something different every single day. Because of this it felt like I was there a really long time and felt like a 10-day holiday when I went home instead of thinking it went by in a blink. This video has been amazing for me and I’m gonna take so much out of this to try and make my life more memorable to slow down time perception. Thanks so much!!😀😀
Great video! I found out I am an Aphant a few days ago and wondered if the perception of time was different because of the way I remember events. I don't seem to have a very sound perception of time, especially around jobs, where I feel as if I was in the job for 3 months when it was actually more of 2 years. However, in my day to day I don't feel time passing fast unless I'm feeling challenged with my current task where I just loose complete track of time. I have great ease on living and focusing on the moment and don't get distracted easily which I think is in part due to being an Aphant. I was obsessed with the idea of time perception back in like 2010 and found that one of the best strategies for me was to not look at clocks, watches, or just the time in general. Since, I actively go out of my way to remove clocks from anywhere I can as I feel that looking at the time makes time always run at the same speed, but when I don't look at the time, my perception changes drastically. I second the mindfulness and journaling tip, it definitely makes day to day life feel more memorable and ultimately as if it lasted longer.
Such a cool take on time! 🕰️ I totally agree, creating those little moments can really stretch our memories. It's like adding more color to a grey painting! 🎨 Planning on journaling more now, thanks for the inspo! ✍️😊
Mindfulness in order to slow down time is something I have been doing for a long time I think born from being a musician as playing music live is like surfing time. When fully in the zone or being mindful while in a flow state it’s like proper slow motion like people experience in car crashes. A great example I like to tell people for why time speeds up is when you can’t remember if you turned of the oven because you have done it before your brain considers it as information it already has and throws it out immediately therefore you pass over that period of time this I think is also partly why time flies when you are having fun as we tend to repeat activities we enjoy like going to watch football every Saturday afternoon and your brain will ditch the memory as unnecessary.
This is interesting and may explain why at 29 whenever someone my age says time is flying, or that something that happened 5 years ago feels like yesterday, I never know how to reply because I've never felt that way. I don't journal or take a lot of photos, but I do yoga and meditate (I'm not an expert in any shape or form and I don't even practice everyday) and I noticed that I'm somewhat more observant, both compared to my past self and compared to my peers, especially in regards of the natural world. Since I got into birdwatching, I notice birds and their singing while most people don't even acknowledge them, same with plants, and the weather. I think the fact I'm somewhat more tuned into the real world, and less caught up with my thoughts, makes my experience of time different.
I like the writing your life as a story for the journal prompt. Also being more purposeful with pictures I hate selfies but thinking of it as a visual journal is cool. Lots of great nuggets here. Thanks 🎉❤
One more technique that works for me and others I know: Physical movement. I used to train competitively as a cyclist and triathlete and my sense of the passage of time has drastically accelerated after I started working exclusively from home and stopped exercising. Walking works. Any type of movement. You will be left with much more "remembered time"
I was recently discussing this topic with someone ending the conversations with lots of questions. This video was really useful to me as it gave me inspirational POVs to understand a topic to which everyone of us is subjected to. I'd love to see more videos like this one backed by science :) Keep up the good work, Ali, and thanks a lot for the good heads up your constantly sharing!
The action point I’ll take from this vid is to try and make everyday unique and journal those experiences to live a more “novelty life”. Very nice video btw👌💯
I figured this in 2021-2022. When i was mostly wroking from home for past years and realised they flew by so quick because i didnt create memorable moments. While i was going to office before covid we used to go clubs on fridays and bunch of other stuff. Life goes so fast when you are not doing anything memorable.
Haiii I have a theory on this too. When you are 5 years old, 1 year of your life is a fifth of your life. When you are 25, 1 year is 1/25th of your life, much less more significant than 1/5. Which could explain why the years seem to go faster as you age, why christmaS as a child felt a lifetime away. Edit watched the full video lol he touched on this. I thought I was unique!
My partner and me are both 29 and we are trying our hardest to get a motorhome together so we can basically live forever in travel. That’s our dream, and from this video, I can see that once we do… life will be so different.
Cool vid. I clicked on it cause my wife and I often talk about how a "1 week all-inclusive resort" type holiday, where you do the same thing everyday, seems to go really quick, but a 1 week DIY holiday where you're always doing different stuff, going to different places etc. seems to last much longer. Similar-ish concept maybe, but we were beaten to the name
Hope you enjoyed the video gang! If you want to slow down time by journalling more, check out my journalling hub here: go.aliabdaal.com/journalling-prompts/yt
Slowing down time by Going on a ‘permanent holiday’ only last so long, time catches up with everyone 😂😂 traveler 10 years
I'd love if you did a video on how to speed up perceived time aswell - working is a grind and I wanna skip to retirement
Hello Ali, did you make a mistake at 13:10 or is it really possible to have photos added to Apple / google photos with an actual camera? I think it's only possible with a phone? Right?
This is something I had realized last year, and the way I considered it was that our perception of time is not measured in time but in unique experiences. So if you spend 100 years of your life sitting at home, having the same day over and over, in the end you’ll feel like you only lived 1 day.
Well not 1 day but it would feel like just 1 long day.
So one day then
Your comment explained me the moral of the story better than the video
There's an endless amount of things to do at home though (or anywhere, really).
@@jaazz90yeah I get what you are saying, I guess the wording would be ‘unique meaningful experiences’ then.
What I found useful is to create anchor points in life by changing the perfume each year and listen to the different music for a period of time.
You come back to these smells and sounds years after and it really is a time machine
Oh cool, I did something similar with music. In 2020, I took all my liked songs and put them in a separate list called "My 2010s", and then I built a new set of liked songs from scratch. I didn't listen to the other list for a few years, and even now, it feels like time travel to listen to it for an afternoon.
I think this is something we lost when music became completely on demand. My parents have memories based on when a song was on the radio, and I'm hoping to recreate that in my own life. My original plan was to do the music cleanse again in 2030, but 2025 seems like a better plan now.
@@chrisklehm717yes. Manufacture nostalgia.
When I go on a trip, I like to get a new album I've never heard before and play it frequently throughout the trip. It truly works as a time machine - when you hear that music years later, you think about the time you frequently played that song.
Nice, I did something similar by accident, had a big shift in life, break-up, new job, move to new city, spent most of my money on a new ikea couch / bed, my apt was too small to properly air out that ikea smell. Years later, I'm helping a friend set up his new couch, I couldn't believe how much emotional memory I had accidentally assigned to that new furniture smell, the sadness of a relationship ending, the peacefulness of letting go of that sadness, the emotional resolve to grow, I started tearing up a little. Nowadays I can still revisit that time in my life just by driving to ikea haha.
I left a corporate job in 2017 for the unknown in Hawaii. Since then I travelled all across Hawaii and have lived in New Zealand and 3 years in Australia plus travelling europe and southeast Asia. The last 7 years feels like 30-40 years in a great way. I have lived a long life even at 34 years old. Grateful 🙏🏼
If you don't mind me asking, what allowed you to travel as much as you have and live in different places? Any specific career path?
@@EmilianoOrozcoRE not op but most "laptop jobs" are very remote nowadays, depending on the country. Often times not really management positions because companies like to promote people to positions in power that they regularly see at the office, but lots of well-paying specialist jobs can be done remote, so he can then travel around and work from the laptop. This can be IT, sales, analytics, writing, etc
@@drchtctthank you!
On taking more photos... my mum goes everywhere with a tiny little notebook, a biro and four coloured pencils. When she goes on holiday, she doesn't take photos, she draws rooftops and people in cafes and unusual food and details on buildings. Every drawing is a distinct memory of a place experienced. I love this habit, and I really like that although they are just quick little drawings, she has a sort of 'handwriting' in her style. To me each drawing is a little piece of treasure.
I lived in Moscow & LA for 3 decades before moving to a rural village in Slovenia.
I firmly believe that to slow down time a person needs to reduce the daily quantity of sensory stimulus, in addition to the advice you offered.
Human body and psyche were simply not evolutionarily designed to do what's expected of busy people in modern cities with the current level of tech all around us.
The pace is just different. Even with a never-ending start-up project plan and all routines, after work you find time to get bored, you sit and reflect, you watch the seasons change with nature all around you, you find joy in old hobbies and have much higher quality time with those close to you.
It's both isolating and freeing like nothing I've ever experienced before. Adaptation takes time but then it becomes impossible to go back to the insanity of modern cities. I love traveling to the them, I just wouldn't live in one full time.
This is just a great advice! I realized that even when I was traveling, if I was too busy, days still felt like a blur because I was so stressed. I imagine if I were a monk living in the mountains with minimal sensory stimulus, and observing the smallest details in nature changing in front of me, I probably will feel like time has slowed down even if I'm doing the same thing everyday?
Me and my wife did something similar albeit not as extreme as you did. We moved from our almost million people capital city to a smaller city of quarter million. The difference in people's mentality and worldview is palpable. In the capital all is about business, everybody is minding their own stuff. Many people only work in the capital and are looking forward to weekends to get back home. In the smaller city we got most of the services and opportunities but we actually know our neighbors, we help and get help from strangers or we just have a pleasant small talk here and there. Local businesses know me personally, there's less traffic and less crowds.
All this contributes towards time passing more slowly IMHO.
Slowenia
Thanks for sharing. But then what about time perception? Do you feel it passes by slower now that you live in Slovenia?
How to Slow Down your time:
1). Anchors of Novelty 08:04
2). Anchors of Reflection 10:12
3). Anchors of Mindfulness 13:40
Really makes a lot of sense. No wonder why the years of Covid were such a blur. Stuck at home everyday with literally zero novelty experiences. I really like the journaling idea! Thanks for this!
ye keep being obedient, good girl
Absolutely true, spend money on experiences! Not things
I’m ALL IN on adventure travel. Skiing, mountaineering, backpacking, cycling, sailing, ultrarunning, and whatever else I can cook up. These experiences deliver an epic dose of novelty, flow state, and a sense of accomplishment that makes life feel so rich and vivid.
I was just talking to my wife yesterday about how I bias towards trying new things to avoid getting too comfortable/repetitive with my life. This video reaffirmed that for me!
Congratulations on your marriage, Ali! Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness.
I have been journaling since I’m like 12, now I’m 28 and it’s crazy the amount of memories I have in those notebooks I own
What kind of things do you write down?
I’ve been thinking about this - last 6 years have passed in a blink. Can’t remember much of it. I will start meditating, journaling , and taking daily photos (even a selfie - for the journal)
This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. I want to create many good memories and live a colorful life, but on the other hand, without routines, it’s hard to achieve long-term goals. These goals are often the biggest sources of happiness, at least for me. I’ve been living in the moment for many years now, and while I’ve gathered a lot of good memories, my bank account is empty, my relationships are suffering and the direction I’m heading in isn’t the one I really want. How can I get the best of both worlds?
That's the sad part, you can't get the best of both worlds. Every action or lifestyle has its pros and cons, it's just a matter of balancing them out. If there was such a perfect lifestyle, almost everyone would live the same way.
@@SomeonessChannelThis is a truly heartbraking thing. Maybe we should talk more about it in general, very few people touch on on this topic.
@@essa1877 If I can give you my advice of how I personally live my life trying to maximize both novelty and the stability of a routine is to find a job and partner that allows you smart working and working from anywhere. That's what I do. One month I'm chilling at home, next one I'm packing my laptop, travel around the world meeting friends while working at the same and then be back home without the need to take any days off from work. Bank account keeps staying full without being trapped in an office :)
what 14 year olds think from 4-14 has passed by quickly? School years felt like a decade back then.
As a kid I thought I would be in elementary school forever. Boy was I wrong.
I believe that time flies so much faster when you're older that it makes no sense asking people of different ages.
The young have no idea how fast it could possibly feel, so they grade it on a whole different scale.
In general, comparing self-reported subjective feelings has those issues and makes very little sense, since perception evolves with experience.
It's like doctors asking you to grade your pain:
For a young kid, their first scratch is the end of the world because they haven't known worse yet. That same scratch on us doesn't event register.
Thanks for your thoughts Ali! My take-away: rethink my balance of routine vs. novelty. I realized I tend to swing from one extreme to the other where some days I am so convinced I need more routine to eliminate decision fatigue, an others where I am convinced I need to exercise my freedom of choice. I now realize I need both, in healthy doses to experience more of my life :)
And, congratulation on your marriage 😇💝
It's fascinating how our perception of time shifts with our experiences. Makes me want to create more memories instead of letting days blend together.
I'd say as someone who is already pretty mindful of my life and what I do, my key "to do" from rhis video is to restart my journaling, but this time just writing down the most memorable thing of my day. Even though I felt like yesterday was just the most standard and unimpressive day possible, when I really think about it there were some cool moments, and I'm sure I can find those in absolutely every day I look at
Im 38 and i feel like my past 10 years have passed very slowly, i did so many different things in 10 years it may contribute to this feeling.
Congratulations for you Marriage Ali 😇
My key takeaways are that
1. I shall come back to journaling today!
2. I can be more intentional about how to perceive time, ultimately setting up routines and being selective about novelty in my life ❤
Thanks so much, Ali ❤ you're such a blessing in my life ❤
I will start journaling every day and taking more pictures of my day to day life. Its all about making memories.
Just watched the first 15 seconds of this video and seriously THIS is what we need to talk about!!! I totally feel this
Thank you for making these videos!! I’ve been stressed with life the past couple years and put my health on the back burner. These are the reminders I needed to care for myself to avoid long term consequences. I want my quality of life to be good when I’m older.
I actually got to remember one of these days about the time I used to do journaling, and it made me think about little beautiful things. This video made me reconsider about starting it again, Thank you!
I have adhd so my time perception is already very distored aswell as my memory. But I already take a lot of photos and videos because this serves as a reliable way to keep memories.
This is such a great reminder that time is precious! I love the idea of creating memory anchors to make our time feel more meaningful.
I'm consciously going to take more photos/videos everyday and try to journal atleast a small paragraph about the day.
It dawned on her that others could make her happier, but only she could make herself happy.
Thanks! Also share my ideas on this topic: make new fridends, or talk with strangers, even it is only 5 -10 ten short chat, do some challenge task. The key is TRY NEW THINGS. These tricks really work for me . 😀
The Key points that made me to more conscious about slowing the time was - 1. Journaling ( that I always do ) but i wanna make this sincerely 2. Taking photos of the moment 3. Learn Mindfulness.
Dude I clicked on your video by complete chance, never watched one of yours before, and it's just super great. This topic has been in my head for a few months, and you really gave it more to deepen my reflexion, I was already journalling without re-reading stuff, I'll try doing that now, as well as the daily homework thing. And I even want to try and reproduce the numbers study that showed people not in a routine experience a slower time on my friends and family, it seems way too good to be true
Well Ali! I'm a highschooler, and your videos are just inspiring. I had tried your spaced repetition and active recall system in Notion and its going good. The Speed of time, in my opinion depends upon our experiences, and I felt it few months ago. If you experience a hundred things in a day, you feel like time have flied. But if you just do a thing a day, for example your'e bored, I feel that time flies slow in those cases.
Thankyou for sharing such inspiring videos. Keep inspiring!
Qué excelente video. Tengo 23 años, desde que tengo 14 años por alguna razón he sentido siempre la necesidad de tomar muchas fotos de los momentos, no por la estética en sí, sino para capturar los pequeños buenos momentos. Y siempre he conservado todas esas fotos. Hoy en día me resulta sumamente gratificante sentarme a verlas y recordar con cariño todos esos buenos momentos de los últimos 10 años.
Por alguna razón este último año había dejado de hacerlo, y gracias a tu video recordé la importancia que tenía esta bella práctica que traía conmigo y pienso retomarla.
saludo desde Argentina
Aguante la argentina querido amigo
I've been journaling for the past two years, not daily, but I've been quite consistent. I'll aim for making it almost daily from now on
You are such an inspiration to all of us.
I have found my CZcamsr of the lifetime.
Love from INDIA ❤
My takeaway is adding couple of habits to my routine to slow down time. Meditation in the morning and journaling at night.
This video has reminded me how powerful meditation is for time dilation and inspired me to pick my morning yoga/meditation routine back up! Thanks Ali!
a life with routines is quite precious, a person who has lost a routine will understand better.
From my perspective (I'm 34), when I feel like time is moving fast, I try to imagine how it must be living another 30 years. I have so much memories yet allready, that I can't think about having twice as much.
And I often try new things. I'm a creative person. So I bought a 3D-resin printer, for printing figures and paint them. There is much too learn, and many new impressions.
At the end of a year, I think back and looking at all the memories I made. Games I played, places I traveled, people I've met, things I've learned.
This is so interesting! I’ve been a digital nomad moving around every few months or so for the last 6 years, and I feel like the years have gone sooooo slowly. It can be hard being on the move all the time, but I’m grateful to have slowed down time in my 20s. I worry the time will fly by when I settle down one day!
Then don’t settle down 😈
So much value in this video. Thanks Ali. I felt like I put the video at 1.5x instead, but it's at 1x and you just naturally speak so fast, contrary to Lex Fridman who speaks at 0.5x 😂
Going to start taking more photos. I couldn't agree more that there is nothing more enjoyable than seeing photos taken by others and enjoying that time.
The contractions in the end are quite interesting. Documenting everything to be able to watch memories on your phone when your at the toilet followed by being mindful about the present moment and fully absorbed in what you're doing each moment.
I really enjoyed the video though. It's a form of topic i love reflecting on.
This is the first video of your's I'm seeing but I have to compliment you. You speak very well, I feel very engaged. Well done!
I honestly think that being able to remember many memories, big or small, is greatly important in life. lately, I've been thinking about how my much older self would react to my present self, and it has made me fully aware of how I likely wouldn't remember that much. I definitely needed a video like this 😭
I think I wanna go try out taking photos more. I cherish memories more when there's a photo attached to the journal entry that I can look back on. thanks for the video!!
I loved the part about how meditation can slow down our perception of time. 🧘♂ Anyone else here a meditator who has found time moving differently?
Thanks once again Ali for this tremendous video. Personally, I've learnt great journalling prompts and now I'm gaining insights on how to experience my life rather than just spending it. Thanks once again buddy😄
I started watching this as I was on my way back from holidays and I really did not want to go back into the routine. I work as a programmer, so I do not have many repetitive tasks, which helps slow down the time and which I really appreciate now. I want to start doing the homework for life technique as I already do a bit of journaling before bed and it should not be too hard to start doing this alongside.
Ali, these are interesting theories. As a 51 year old who journals daily, does novel activities frequently, and attempts to go about my day in a mindful manner; I have not found time to slow down. My days, weeks, months, and years fly by faster and faster. I chalk it up to living a life I enjoy.
Nice. I made a Reddit post about this on the productivity sub "Why does it feel like time is flying faster on a day to day basis?
". Your video directly answered my question perfectly.
This was so interesting. My action point: Write down what I do every weekend. Usually when someone asks me how my weekend was, I can’t remember what I did, even when I stop and think really hard about it
Started reading your book just last week Ali. Its a game changer :))
Congratulations on your marriage. Love from India 🇮🇳🤍
This is the curse of the modern work from home world. I can have an 8hr day, in virtual meetings. No anchors, no change in scenery. And i wonder why i can't even remember who's been in each meeting!
3 things that helped me and literally changed my life
1. I stopped watching p**n
2. I read the book called 'Secret Pathway To Triumph'
3. Stopped drinking
Came here from Colby Kultgen's 1%Newsletter. It is the first video I have watched on your channel and I can say this video was very blissfull...the journalising part is so personal to me.
I will try to start doing journaling, mentioning the highlight of my day, and taking more pictures.
I was looking at some of my old sketchbooks and felt this! They were never intended as a journaling tool but it would be nice to sketch the homework for life.
Im 33, and when i think about my life over the years, i remember the years better if there was a big event or experience. For example, i remember the years 2015 and 2017 well because in 2015, i started dating my ex, and it was also the year i transferred to university. I also remember 2017 well because it was the year i graduated and got a new job to start my career. However, i don't remember the year 2016 well because it was the year i was busy working and studying almost every day, and nothing exciting really happened that year. I notice the years i remember best are the years i traveled, started/ended a relationship, started/ended a job.
I wrote a poem with these findings when I was 17 in 2007. It is amazing to be reminded of it.
The blinking lights of the antenna tower came into focus just as I heard a loud snap.
That was really an eye-opening video. Ali, you're getting better and better at this. It's great to see you growing and expanding and discovering new opportunities to record the videos. I learned so much from you. Thank you.
I have had this experience with journaling! I also want to preserve memories of my kids, bc their lives go by so fast.
Thank you for uploading such an informative video. I’ve never liked the idea of journaling, as it seems like too much work for my ADHD brain. However, after watching this video, I’m convinced that journaling is something my future self will definitely thank me for.
I’m already excited about the prospect of reading through all the exciting, stressful, and indecisive moments I’m currently experiencing in the future.
Outstanding video Ali. Haven’t seen anyone else discussing this. Plus you break it down to simple terms. I’m already meditating 10 mins per morning. Just eyes closed. Focused on breathing. Kept it going for 3 months so far.
Wow did you noticed delayed time
Ha! 15:13 Called me out 😂
Most amazing thing I have learned is 10:16
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Went to that page to find so many cool terms
Oleka as mentioned in this video = awareness how few days are memorable
Also looseleft = a sad feeling that comes when you complete a book [have felt this many times! Including reading your book feel-good-productivity ! ]
Morii = desire to capture a fleeting experience with your camera [ I do this now and again when there is a moment worth reflecting back on]
Elated MindDot = this moment is where you are happy, so you try to capture it with as much context, aware it will become a memory
John Koenig called this kairosclerosis but I prefer my term = Elated MindDot
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to take more photos. This has reminded me to do just that 😊
5:30 explanation
Be scared, be bored, and never be in the zone. Now enjoy the rest of your long, long, long life.
Hi Ali, congratulations! Wishing you all the best and great video as usual 🎉
Bought AWS06P after watching your video, super excited! 💰
Thrilled about AWS's potential! Happy to be part of this community and looking forward to gains!
Looking forward to AWS's growth!
Excited about AWS! Let's see where this journey takes us!
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IDK why the idea of homework for life is so appealing to me. Maybe it’s the student in me, but I’m going to try to implement this. You’re a gem Ali (and the greater team that I am sure is working behind this)
Wow! Very detailed and helpful information. Well researched!
The video felt so short! This was an amazing and fun topic I haven’t seen many other CZcamsrs or people talk about. Thanks for it Ali. As for my takeaway from this video, the most feasible change in my life could be adding anchors of novelty. It feels like a great way to stick with routine as well as look forward to the subtle new experiences.
I’ve always wondered how to slow time perception, as I really want to look back and have a really fulfilling life. And there are three times in my adult life I can remember time being really slow and lasting forever:
- Freshers Week in September 2015. Absolutely amazing brilliant week but because it was a complete lifestyle change with no routine, I remembered so much more of it because that week was so crammed so full with new activities and was so emotionally stimulating.
- A family weekend 2-day mini cruise in April 2019. Only 2 nights but again crammed it so full of activities and made the most of every hour. When I got home it really felt like a fulfilling and long 2-day break:
- A 10-day trip to Athens in October 2023. Again felt like a hugely fulfilling holiday because I’d made sure I did something different every single day. Because of this it felt like I was there a really long time and felt like a 10-day holiday when I went home instead of thinking it went by in a blink.
This video has been amazing for me and I’m gonna take so much out of this to try and make my life more memorable to slow down time perception. Thanks so much!!😀😀
Things I want to do now are:
Journaling
Meditation
Yoga
Taking more pictures
Great video! I found out I am an Aphant a few days ago and wondered if the perception of time was different because of the way I remember events. I don't seem to have a very sound perception of time, especially around jobs, where I feel as if I was in the job for 3 months when it was actually more of 2 years. However, in my day to day I don't feel time passing fast unless I'm feeling challenged with my current task where I just loose complete track of time. I have great ease on living and focusing on the moment and don't get distracted easily which I think is in part due to being an Aphant.
I was obsessed with the idea of time perception back in like 2010 and found that one of the best strategies for me was to not look at clocks, watches, or just the time in general. Since, I actively go out of my way to remove clocks from anywhere I can as I feel that looking at the time makes time always run at the same speed, but when I don't look at the time, my perception changes drastically. I second the mindfulness and journaling tip, it definitely makes day to day life feel more memorable and ultimately as if it lasted longer.
Thank you! I'll be taking more photos and doing more novelty things. Life is far too short so the more memories we create the better.
Such a cool take on time! 🕰️ I totally agree, creating those little moments can really stretch our memories. It's like adding more color to a grey painting! 🎨 Planning on journaling more now, thanks for the inspo! ✍️😊
Mindfulness in order to slow down time is something I have been doing for a long time I think born from being a musician as playing music live is like surfing time. When fully in the zone or being mindful while in a flow state it’s like proper slow motion like people experience in car crashes. A great example I like to tell people for why time speeds up is when you can’t remember if you turned of the oven because you have done it before your brain considers it as information it already has and throws it out immediately therefore you pass over that period of time this I think is also partly why time flies when you are having fun as we tend to repeat activities we enjoy like going to watch football every Saturday afternoon and your brain will ditch the memory as unnecessary.
The timing is INCREDIBLE
Thanks alot Ali
This is interesting and may explain why at 29 whenever someone my age says time is flying, or that something that happened 5 years ago feels like yesterday, I never know how to reply because I've never felt that way. I don't journal or take a lot of photos, but I do yoga and meditate (I'm not an expert in any shape or form and I don't even practice everyday) and I noticed that I'm somewhat more observant, both compared to my past self and compared to my peers, especially in regards of the natural world. Since I got into birdwatching, I notice birds and their singing while most people don't even acknowledge them, same with plants, and the weather. I think the fact I'm somewhat more tuned into the real world, and less caught up with my thoughts, makes my experience of time different.
I like the writing your life as a story for the journal prompt. Also being more purposeful with pictures I hate selfies but thinking of it as a visual journal is cool. Lots of great nuggets here. Thanks 🎉❤
Thank you! I'm excited to begin daily journaling
One more technique that works for me and others I know: Physical movement. I used to train competitively as a cyclist and triathlete and my sense of the passage of time has drastically accelerated after I started working exclusively from home and stopped exercising. Walking works. Any type of movement. You will be left with much more "remembered time"
I was recently discussing this topic with someone ending the conversations with lots of questions. This video was really useful to me as it gave me inspirational POVs to understand a topic to which everyone of us is subjected to. I'd love to see more videos like this one backed by science :)
Keep up the good work, Ali, and thanks a lot for the good heads up your constantly sharing!
Create as many unique experiences as possible & be present with them 👍
7:08 Ali as a doctor stock footage bingo! This clip has really done the hard yards for Ali over the years.
Really enjoyed that you included a "why am I making this video" in the beginning - would love for you to continue this trend!
The action point I’ll take from this vid is to try and make everyday unique and journal those experiences to live a more “novelty life”. Very nice video btw👌💯
I figured this in 2021-2022. When i was mostly wroking from home for past years and realised they flew by so quick because i didnt create memorable moments. While i was going to office before covid we used to go clubs on fridays and bunch of other stuff. Life goes so fast when you are not doing anything memorable.
I really appreciate that Ali covers topics that are so relevant
Haiii I have a theory on this too. When you are 5 years old, 1 year of your life is a fifth of your life. When you are 25, 1 year is 1/25th of your life, much less more significant than 1/5. Which could explain why the years seem to go faster as you age, why christmaS as a child felt a lifetime away.
Edit watched the full video lol he touched on this. I thought I was unique!
That's incredible! You can always bring us some instructive videos. You just like a lighthouse in my life!😊😊
My partner and me are both 29 and we are trying our hardest to get a motorhome together so we can basically live forever in travel. That’s our dream, and from this video, I can see that once we do… life will be so different.
Cool vid. I clicked on it cause my wife and I often talk about how a "1 week all-inclusive resort" type holiday, where you do the same thing everyday, seems to go really quick, but a 1 week DIY holiday where you're always doing different stuff, going to different places etc. seems to last much longer.
Similar-ish concept maybe, but we were beaten to the name
I am going to begin journaling more! I've done it in the past but never kept up the habit. Thank you Ali again for another awesome helpful video :)