Jay Shetty

Most people don't waste their life doing the wrong things.

They waste it doing fine things for far too long.

And today, I want to talk about what it actually means to waste your life according to psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, and how to stop doing it without burning everything down.

Here's the reality.

I don't want us to take our preconceived notions of what wasting our life looks like into this conversation.

And I'm definitely not telling you that you've ruined everything, that you've lost everything.

I want you to listen very carefully.

If you've ever felt busy but empty, successful but restless, or like time is moving faster than you are, stay with me because that's what we're really talking about.

So here's the truth that most people miss.

You don't waste your life by making one bad decision.

That's the common mistake we think.

We think, oh my gosh, if I made this one bad decision, my life is over.

Oh, if I take this direction and it doesn't work out, I messed up.

Oh, because I went to university or college and it didn't pan out, that was a bad idea.

Oh, you know what?

Because I didn't make it through to this round, that makes it not worth it.

We think we waste our life because of one bad decision, one bad moment, but here's the reality.

Most of us actually waste it by defaulting.

Psychologists call this the status quo bias, our tendency to stick with what's familiar even when it no longer serves us.

Think about how many times you've stayed in a relationship even though it's no longer respectful to you.