I thought I would have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35
Funny piece. It can be so easy to waste time when we have the internet. I think the most dangerous distractions are the ones that <i>feel</i> productive but don’t actually work toward your goals. For example, browsing hacker news. Such an activity is useful every now and then, but at least for myself I often scroll around only to realize later that it was a massive waste of time I could’ve spent working on something I care about. I think the brain justifies it since hey, at least I’m “learning” something (not really).<p>Even something like an addictive videogame is designed to make you feel productive by giving you levels to progress through etc—fundamentally I think we all have a desire to produce, it’s just easy to spend time putting that energy into the wrong forms of productive activity, since these are usually easier and less isolating  than actually producing crafts or products.