Chris Guillebeau

I mean, it's a sunk cost, you know? Yeah, right. And, you know, it's a sunk cost. And I think it's not just about the financial cost that people get hung up on. They're like, I have already started this thing. I'm already in this thing. So somehow I'm... I'm not doing a kindness to my past self or something, but I think you're actually doing a kindness to your future self in making these choices.

Another thing is people tend to say yes to requests if those requests are referring to a far off time period. If somebody is like, hey, will you go to this wedding with me in three months or something? And, you know, most people without thinking they'll probably kind of agree, even if they're not sure about it.

Another thing is people tend to say yes to requests if those requests are referring to a far off time period. If somebody is like, hey, will you go to this wedding with me in three months or something? And, you know, most people without thinking they'll probably kind of agree, even if they're not sure about it.

Another thing is people tend to say yes to requests if those requests are referring to a far off time period. If somebody is like, hey, will you go to this wedding with me in three months or something? And, you know, most people without thinking they'll probably kind of agree, even if they're not sure about it.

One thing that's really helpful is whenever you have this far off request, just consider if if the event, whatever it is, was happening tomorrow or the next day or sometime in the very near future and then decide, then see, like, how do I feel about this? And if it if your answer is, oh, that's great, I would love to do that tomorrow. then okay, great.

One thing that's really helpful is whenever you have this far off request, just consider if if the event, whatever it is, was happening tomorrow or the next day or sometime in the very near future and then decide, then see, like, how do I feel about this? And if it if your answer is, oh, that's great, I would love to do that tomorrow. then okay, great.

One thing that's really helpful is whenever you have this far off request, just consider if if the event, whatever it is, was happening tomorrow or the next day or sometime in the very near future and then decide, then see, like, how do I feel about this? And if it if your answer is, oh, that's great, I would love to do that tomorrow. then okay, great.

You know, I would love to do that in three months. But if you think about it and you're like, actually, I don't know, but I want to do that tomorrow or this week, you're probably not going to feel any different in three months or however long the time period is. So do yourself a favor, do your future self a favor and think about those commitments as if they were happening sooner.

You know, I would love to do that in three months. But if you think about it and you're like, actually, I don't know, but I want to do that tomorrow or this week, you're probably not going to feel any different in three months or however long the time period is. So do yourself a favor, do your future self a favor and think about those commitments as if they were happening sooner.

You know, I would love to do that in three months. But if you think about it and you're like, actually, I don't know, but I want to do that tomorrow or this week, you're probably not going to feel any different in three months or however long the time period is. So do yourself a favor, do your future self a favor and think about those commitments as if they were happening sooner.

And you'll probably start saying no to more of them.

And you'll probably start saying no to more of them.

And you'll probably start saying no to more of them.

Yeah, it's ultimately just a perception because obviously time is constant. But if you think about when we're kids, everything is unfolding. It's a great pace in some ways, but it also feels very slow.

Yeah, it's ultimately just a perception because obviously time is constant. But if you think about when we're kids, everything is unfolding. It's a great pace in some ways, but it also feels very slow.

Yeah, it's ultimately just a perception because obviously time is constant. But if you think about when we're kids, everything is unfolding. It's a great pace in some ways, but it also feels very slow.

Like the time between significant moments, you know, when you're waiting for your next birthday or you're waiting for, you know, to go to middle school or high school or all these milestones, you know, getting your driver's license, graduation and so on. It just feels like so far off, right? And your parents feel so old, like you can't possibly relate to them.

Like the time between significant moments, you know, when you're waiting for your next birthday or you're waiting for, you know, to go to middle school or high school or all these milestones, you know, getting your driver's license, graduation and so on. It just feels like so far off, right? And your parents feel so old, like you can't possibly relate to them.

Like the time between significant moments, you know, when you're waiting for your next birthday or you're waiting for, you know, to go to middle school or high school or all these milestones, you know, getting your driver's license, graduation and so on. It just feels like so far off, right? And your parents feel so old, like you can't possibly relate to them.

And then as we get older, right, we notice, we perceive, you know, that the time is passing a lot quicker and there are fewer of those milestones. So we begin to kind of appreciate time more. And I think this is just something that, this is just one of these interesting natures, interesting characteristics about time, that as we become more mindful of time,