I don't even own a TV.

good morning afternoon evening wherever good morning afternoon evening wherever you are I'm having my morning coffee you are I'm having my morning coffee you are I'm having my morning coffee here at 6:00 a.m. and I was reflecting here at 6:00 a.m. and I was reflecting here at 6:00 a.m. and I was reflecting on a conversation I had recently with a on a conversation I had recently with a on a conversation I had recently with a coworker this was a very intelligent coworker this was a very intelligent coworker this was a very intelligent woman that I I work with and I recently woman that I I work with and I recently woman that I I work with and I recently joined a new team so I was going to joined a new team so I was going to joined a new team so I was going to leave the other team and we were leave the other team and we were leave the other team and we were chatting and she asked me what series do chatting and she asked me what series do chatting and she asked me what series do you watch and then I answered well I you watch and then I answered well I you watch and then I answered well I don't really watch don't really watch don't really watch series and then she said well you must series and then she said well you must series and then she said well you must like movies then what movies do you like movies then what movies do you like movies then what movies do you watch and then I said well I don't watch and then I said well I don't watch and then I said well I don't really watch movies either and then we really watch movies either and then we really watch movies either and then we got talking and then I told her that I got talking and then I told her that I got talking and then I told her that I don't even own a TV like a TV set or a don't even own a TV like a TV set or a don't even own a TV like a TV set or a plasma TV or plasma TV or plasma TV or anything she was quite shocked by that anything she was quite shocked by that anything she was quite shocked by that and it's not the first time that people and it's not the first time that people and it's not the first time that people are shocked when I tell them that I are shocked when I tell them that I are shocked when I tell them that I don't even own at TV and it got me thinking that yeah it is and it got me thinking that yeah it is indeed extremely normal to spend two 4 indeed extremely normal to spend two 4 indeed extremely normal to spend two 4 hours a day lying on the couch and hours a day lying on the couch and hours a day lying on the couch and consuming content I see it every day consuming content I see it every day consuming content I see it every day when I go for my evening walk then when I go for my evening walk then when I go for my evening walk then people have eaten their dinners and in people have eaten their dinners and in people have eaten their dinners and in every house in every living room I I every house in every living room I I every house in every living room I I peek in through the windows they uh from peek in through the windows they uh from peek in through the windows they uh from the street of course I'm not in their the street of course I'm not in their the street of course I'm not in their Garden peeking in the window that would Garden peeking in the window that would Garden peeking in the window that would be very be very be very creepy as I look into the windows

creepy as I look into the windows creepy as I look into the windows everybody is sitting on the couch with everybody is sitting on the couch with everybody is sitting on the couch with their with their remote control and it their with their remote control and it their with their remote control and it is such a normal thing to do and I'm I'm is such a normal thing to do and I'm I'm is such a normal thing to do and I'm I'm not judging at all so apparently I'm the not judging at all so apparently I'm the not judging at all so apparently I'm the odd guy and it really got me thinking odd guy and it really got me thinking odd guy and it really got me thinking like yeah I I have I haven't had a TV in like yeah I I have I haven't had a TV in like yeah I I have I haven't had a TV in years like I I don't I don't really do years like I I don't I don't really do years like I I don't I don't really do that that that anymore and the reason is that I I anymore and the reason is that I I anymore and the reason is that I I really like I've become very intentional really like I've become very intentional really like I've become very intentional with my use of time and when I was with my use of time and when I was with my use of time and when I was watching TV when I was younger and when watching TV when I was younger and when watching TV when I was younger and when I was watching series when I back when I I was watching series when I back when I I was watching series when I back when I was living in Norway was living in Norway was living in Norway still I I reflected on that use of time still I I reflected on that use of time still I I reflected on that use of time and I I found it not to be very and I I found it not to be very and I I found it not to be very conducive to the goals that I set for conducive to the goals that I set for conducive to the goals that I set for myself that time spent on consuming myself that time spent on consuming myself that time spent on consuming content was not contributing to the content was not contributing to the content was not contributing to the goals that I want to goals that I want to goals that I want to achieve and I think that's the key Point achieve and I think that's the key Point achieve and I think that's the key Point here that you really need to have goals here that you really need to have goals here that you really need to have goals for yourself because you don't if you for yourself because you don't if you for yourself because you don't if you don't have goals if you don't have a don't have goals if you don't have a don't have goals if you don't have a direction you want to go in well then direction you want to go in well then direction you want to go in well then you are just a ship drifting on the sea you are just a ship drifting on the sea you are just a ship drifting on the sea without a captain right you with no without a captain right you with no without a captain right you with no direction and I think it's very direction and I think it's very direction and I think it's very important in life to give yourself to important in life to give yourself to important in life to give yourself to give your mind a clear direction that give your mind a clear direction that give your mind a clear direction that you want to go in

see it was a very conscious process for see it was a very conscious process for me stopping to cutting off my Netflix me stopping to cutting off my Netflix me stopping to cutting off my Netflix cutting cutting cutting not doing away throwing away my TV or not doing away throwing away my TV or not doing away throwing away my TV or selling my TV when I moved it was not selling my TV when I moved it was not selling my TV when I moved it was not something that I um impulsive did or as something that I um impulsive did or as something that I um impulsive did or as a statement or anything it was more like a statement or anything it was more like a statement or anything it was more like oh I'm not even using it anymore why why oh I'm not even using it anymore why why oh I'm not even using it anymore why why would I still pay for would I still pay for would I still pay for it I would rather have €200 in my pocket it I would rather have €200 in my pocket it I would rather have €200 in my pocket so I could spend it on books or so I could spend it on books or so I could spend it on books or whatever whatever whatever and it was a very conscious process for and it was a very conscious process for and it was a very conscious process for me again because it it wasn't me again because it it wasn't me again because it it wasn't contributing to the goals that I had set contributing to the goals that I had set contributing to the goals that I had set for myself and like I've I've watched for myself and like I've I've watched for myself and like I've I've watched series I'm not a I'm not a big series series I'm not a I'm not a big series series I'm not a I'm not a big series Watcher but I really enjoyed watching Watcher but I really enjoyed watching Watcher but I really enjoyed watching break in bad of course that was really break in bad of course that was really break in bad of course that was really fun but I always like you get into this fun but I always like you get into this fun but I always like you get into this phenomenon that you binge watch a series phenomenon that you binge watch a series phenomenon that you binge watch a series like you you you start one episode and like you you you start one episode and like you you you start one episode and you can't stop well whole weekends would you can't stop well whole weekends would you can't stop well whole weekends would go by and then I would think back and go by and then I would think back and go by and then I would think back and then huh I had actually wanted to do then huh I had actually wanted to do then huh I had actually wanted to do this coding project or I really what I this coding project or I really what I this coding project or I really what I really wanted to do was something more really wanted to do was something more really wanted to do was something more productive or finish that book or finish productive or finish that book or finish productive or finish that book or finish those those those studies and I started to feel guilty studies and I started to feel guilty studies and I started to feel guilty about the use of time and this is a very about the use of time and this is a very about the use of time and this is a very difficult um place to be in right difficult um place to be in right difficult um place to be in right because on the one hand you don't want because on the one hand you don't want because on the one hand you don't want to start feeling guilty for enjoying to start feeling guilty for enjoying to start feeling guilty for enjoying yourself I've also been there that's not

yourself I've also been there that's not yourself I've also been there that's not healthy either but I I do started to healthy either but I I do started to healthy either but I I do started to feel guilt about spending a whole feel guilt about spending a whole feel guilt about spending a whole weekend on watching a series and seeing weekend on watching a series and seeing weekend on watching a series and seeing that it didn't contribute to the goals that it didn't contribute to the goals that it didn't contribute to the goals that I had so in a way it was a very that I had so in a way it was a very that I had so in a way it was a very conscious a very conscious a very conscious a very um what's the word it it happened of um what's the word it it happened of um what's the word it it happened of itself it wasn't it wasn't a very itself it wasn't it wasn't a very itself it wasn't it wasn't a very conscious thing like oh I'm I'm not conscious thing like oh I'm I'm not conscious thing like oh I'm I'm not going to watch Netflix anymore or I'm going to watch Netflix anymore or I'm going to watch Netflix anymore or I'm not going to I'm not going to spend my not going to I'm not going to spend my not going to I'm not going to spend my time on entertainment anymore no it was time on entertainment anymore no it was time on entertainment anymore no it was not conscious it was more like I started not conscious it was more like I started not conscious it was more like I started feeling guilty about spending so much feeling guilty about spending so much feeling guilty about spending so much time on mindlessly consuming time on mindlessly consuming time on mindlessly consuming content and then I I realized that I got content and then I I realized that I got content and then I I realized that I got more enjoyment out of working towards more enjoyment out of working towards more enjoyment out of working towards the goals somehow I get a lot of the goals somehow I get a lot of the goals somehow I get a lot of enjoyment out of learning new things or enjoyment out of learning new things or enjoyment out of learning new things or finishing a coding project that I wanted finishing a coding project that I wanted finishing a coding project that I wanted to do for a long time building a home to do for a long time building a home to do for a long time building a home lab I get much more en enjoyment and lab I get much more en enjoyment and lab I get much more en enjoyment and more sustainable enjoyment out of that sustainable I'm I'm not a against sustainable I'm I'm not a against watching a movie here and there I'm not watching a movie here and there I'm not watching a movie here and there I'm not against enjoying a against enjoying a against enjoying a series I'm against when it starts to get series I'm against when it starts to get series I'm against when it starts to get out of hand and you're doing it while out of hand and you're doing it while out of hand and you're doing it while not even thinking about it you know this

not even thinking about it you know this not even thinking about it you know this phenomenon where you I've been there phenomenon where you I've been there phenomenon where you I've been there where you open Netflix and you sit there where you open Netflix and you sit there where you open Netflix and you sit there scrolling through and deciding what to scrolling through and deciding what to scrolling through and deciding what to watch watch watch well I I was there and I I I literally well I I was there and I I I literally well I I was there and I I I literally spent several hours a week on that spent several hours a week on that spent several hours a week on that activity say they say two hours a week activity say they say two hours a week activity say they say two hours a week well those two hours I could have spent well those two hours I could have spent well those two hours I could have spent on getting 2% closer to my certification on getting 2% closer to my certification on getting 2% closer to my certification goals or or consuming something actually goals or or consuming something actually goals or or consuming something actually meaningful like a good documentary or a meaningful like a good documentary or a meaningful like a good documentary or a good talk about a topic so just deciding good talk about a topic so just deciding good talk about a topic so just deciding what to watch and then you're watching what to watch and then you're watching what to watch and then you're watching something and you're not really something and you're not really something and you're not really satisfied with it either because it satisfied with it either because it satisfied with it either because it didn't grab you no no no no that's not didn't grab you no no no no that's not didn't grab you no no no no that's not the way to go that's not the way to the way to go that's not the way to the way to go that's not the way to go will you get a good recommendation go will you get a good recommendation go will you get a good recommendation from someone and they say you must see from someone and they say you must see from someone and they say you must see this series then you are going into it this series then you are going into it this series then you are going into it with intention you're saying oh I want with intention you're saying oh I want with intention you're saying oh I want to see this I this is something I I will to see this I this is something I I will to see this I this is something I I will I will probably enjoy let's give it a I will probably enjoy let's give it a I will probably enjoy let's give it a shot nothing wrong with shot nothing wrong with shot nothing wrong with that but balance it put it in a way that that but balance it put it in a way that that but balance it put it in a way that it doesn't take away from the goals that it doesn't take away from the goals that it doesn't take away from the goals that you're achieving you're achieving you're achieving and sometimes you need to wind down and sometimes you need to wind down and sometimes you need to wind down sometimes you like when when when sometimes you like when when when sometimes you like when when when studying or working on something you studying or working on something you studying or working on something you can't actually do that for 12 hours a can't actually do that for 12 hours a can't actually do that for 12 hours a day right like that's just impossible day right like that's just impossible day right like that's just impossible after a certain amount of hours you are

after a certain amount of hours you are after a certain amount of hours you are not taking up any information and you not taking up any information and you not taking up any information and you can sit there and force yourself to do can sit there and force yourself to do can sit there and force yourself to do it but it's not going to work those it but it's not going to work those it but it's not going to work those moments it's actually more productive to moments it's actually more productive to moments it's actually more productive to take a break and to do something take a break and to do something take a break and to do something completely different let the Mind rest completely different let the Mind rest completely different let the Mind rest on something else on something else on something else but again be intentional about it like but again be intentional about it like but again be intentional about it like right now in my life I'm even right now in my life I'm even right now in my life I'm even intentional about all of the technical intentional about all of the technical intentional about all of the technical content that I consume like I I don't even play video consume like I I don't even play video games anymore I don't watch series I I games anymore I don't watch series I I games anymore I don't watch series I I don't do I hardly do anything that don't do I hardly do anything that don't do I hardly do anything that doesn't directly contribute to my growth doesn't directly contribute to my growth doesn't directly contribute to my growth as a devops as a devops as a devops engineer because I want to be my goal is engineer because I want to be my goal is engineer because I want to be my goal is to be the best engineer that I can be I to be the best engineer that I can be I to be the best engineer that I can be I want to be a master of my craft up until want to be a master of my craft up until want to be a master of my craft up until the level that I can the level that I can the level that I can achieve and it's not about being better achieve and it's not about being better achieve and it's not about being better than others it's not about comparing than others it's not about comparing than others it's not about comparing myself to others it's all myself to others it's all myself to others it's all about recognizing the abilities that I about recognizing the abilities that I about recognizing the abilities that I have the capabilities that I I have and have the capabilities that I I have and have the capabilities that I I have and the limits that I have and then do my the limits that I have and then do my the limits that I have and then do my best to achieve those best to achieve those best to achieve those and it doesn't matter where that bar is and it doesn't matter where that bar is and it doesn't matter where that bar is it doesn't matter how good I will it doesn't matter how good I will it doesn't matter how good I will eventually be as long as I'm as good as eventually be as long as I'm as good as eventually be as long as I'm as good as I can be then I know that I have that

I can be then I know that I have that I can be then I know that I have that that is the goal that I want to that is the goal that I want to that is the goal that I want to achieve so in my field there is just so achieve so in my field there is just so achieve so in my field there is just so much stuff to learn there are so many much stuff to learn there are so many much stuff to learn there are so many technical articles WR being written technical articles WR being written technical articles WR being written every day so many new technologies every day so many new technologies every day so many new technologies coming coming coming out and I I I want to do all of it I out and I I I want to do all of it I out and I I I want to do all of it I want to read all of it I want to consume want to read all of it I want to consume want to read all of it I want to consume all of it I want to write blogs about all of it I want to write blogs about all of it I want to write blogs about all of it but I'm I'm overwhelmed it's all of it but I'm I'm overwhelmed it's all of it but I'm I'm overwhelmed it's too much so what I do is I keep a list too much so what I do is I keep a list too much so what I do is I keep a list of things that I want to watch things of things that I want to watch things of things that I want to watch things that I want to consume videos that I want to consume videos that I want to consume videos articles everything I keep it on a list articles everything I keep it on a list articles everything I keep it on a list and when I am done when I have room in and when I am done when I have room in and when I am done when I have room in the day so besides creating courses for the day so besides creating courses for the day so besides creating courses for my school Community working 8 hours a my school Community working 8 hours a my school Community working 8 hours a day running for 1 to two hours a day and day running for 1 to two hours a day and day running for 1 to two hours a day and preparing quality organic food from preparing quality organic food from preparing quality organic food from scratch every day I only have about one scratch every day I only have about one scratch every day I only have about one to two hours to spend on myself to two hours to spend on myself to two hours to spend on myself basically or or or My or to consume basically or or or My or to consume basically or or or My or to consume content or to do something that's not content or to do something that's not content or to do something that's not directly working or contributing to directly working or contributing to directly working or contributing to health and I have to be very int health and I have to be very int health and I have to be very int intentional with the time so what I do intentional with the time so what I do intentional with the time so what I do is I keep a list of what I do what I is I keep a list of what I do what I is I keep a list of what I do what I want to see things that are recommended want to see things that are recommended want to see things that are recommended to me or that I get from RSS feeds and to me or that I get from RSS feeds and to me or that I get from RSS feeds and then when I do have the time I pick a then when I do have the time I pick a then when I do have the time I pick a something from the list I consume that I something from the list I consume that I something from the list I consume that I write notes about it and then that's write notes about it and then that's write notes about it and then that's that and I'm very intentional about it

that and I'm very intentional about it that and I'm very intentional about it and that's the only way that I can and that's the only way that I can and that's the only way that I can meaningfully consume content and meaningfully consume content and meaningfully consume content and also um to also um to also um to actually to actually get something out actually to actually get something out actually to actually get something out of that content like reading Reddit of that content like reading Reddit of that content like reading Reddit while you are in a meeting doesn't while you are in a meeting doesn't while you are in a meeting doesn't really do anything like human beings really do anything like human beings really do anything like human beings cannot cannot cannot multitask they can't it's scientifically multitask they can't it's scientifically multitask they can't it's scientifically proven that you cannot actually proven that you cannot actually proven that you cannot actually multitask and I am particularly bad at multitask and I am particularly bad at multitask and I am particularly bad at multitasking when I do something I put multitasking when I do something I put multitasking when I do something I put my entire focus on it and I can only put my entire focus on it and I can only put my entire focus on it and I can only put my entire focus on it because if I do n my entire focus on it because if I do n my entire focus on it because if I do n nothing gets focused on so I can't sit nothing gets focused on so I can't sit nothing gets focused on so I can't sit in a meeting and do something else at in a meeting and do something else at in a meeting and do something else at the same time that's why I often decline the same time that's why I often decline the same time that's why I often decline meetings because if I don't can if I meetings because if I don't can if I meetings because if I don't can if I can't meaningfully contribute to it it's can't meaningfully contribute to it it's can't meaningfully contribute to it it's much better that I spend my time much better that I spend my time much better that I spend my time productively so I'm very intentional productively so I'm very intentional productively so I'm very intentional about my content consumption and that's about my content consumption and that's about my content consumption and that's what works for me I get much more what works for me I get much more what works for me I get much more enjoyment out of the content that I enjoyment out of the content that I enjoyment out of the content that I consume I remember things better I give consume I remember things better I give consume I remember things better I give it my full attention and when I realize it my full attention and when I realize it my full attention and when I realize okay this was on the list but I don't okay this was on the list but I don't okay this was on the list but I don't really want to watch watch this anymore really want to watch watch this anymore really want to watch watch this anymore then it gets stri struck off the list then it gets stri struck off the list then it gets stri struck off the list and I can watch something and I can watch something and I can watch something new so that's what I what I do and going new so that's what I what I do and going new so that's what I what I do and going back to the the conversation I had with back to the the conversation I had with back to the the conversation I had with this this uh this lady this this this uh this lady this this this uh this lady this woman like she was so shocked about what woman like she was so shocked about what woman like she was so shocked about what I did and then we got talking about my I did and then we got talking about my I did and then we got talking about my productivity and then she she was saying

productivity and then she she was saying productivity and then she she was saying wow you're really um achieving things wow you're really um achieving things wow you're really um achieving things and you're so it was it was recognized and you're so it was it was recognized and you're so it was it was recognized by her that even though I have chosen by her that even though I have chosen by her that even though I have chosen this lifestyle it is also producing this lifestyle it is also producing this lifestyle it is also producing results and that was a nice recognition results and that was a nice recognition results and that was a nice recognition of all of the hard work that I'm putting of all of the hard work that I'm putting of all of the hard work that I'm putting in and also it caused me to reflect on in and also it caused me to reflect on in and also it caused me to reflect on well is this the right well is this the right well is this the right way should you live your life this way way should you live your life this way way should you live your life this way should you always be productive and not should you always be productive and not should you always be productive and not enjoy enjoy enjoy series for me it is for me it's the way series for me it is for me it's the way series for me it is for me it's the way I get much I feel that I'm living a very I get much I feel that I'm living a very I get much I feel that I'm living a very fulfilling way life a very fulfilling fulfilling way life a very fulfilling fulfilling way life a very fulfilling life that I live meaningfully life that I live meaningfully life that I live meaningfully intentionally I'm heading in a clear intentionally I'm heading in a clear intentionally I'm heading in a clear direction for myself and I I reach those direction for myself and I I reach those direction for myself and I I reach those goals and not even owning ATV helps me goals and not even owning ATV helps me goals and not even owning ATV helps me with that I never feel guilty about time with that I never feel guilty about time with that I never feel guilty about time I spend on watching series I don't play I spend on watching series I don't play I spend on watching series I don't play video games I I I watch YouTube but I I video games I I I watch YouTube but I I video games I I I watch YouTube but I I I watch technical technically related I watch technical technically related I watch technical technically related content usually or health related content usually or health related content usually or health related content but anything that contributes to content but anything that contributes to content but anything that contributes to my growth is the only content that I my growth is the only content that I my growth is the only content that I think is Meaningful to think is Meaningful to think is Meaningful to consume and um that is the way I choose consume and um that is the way I choose consume and um that is the way I choose to do it and I hope this might um these to do it and I hope this might um these to do it and I hope this might um these Reflections these morning Reflections Reflections these morning Reflections Reflections these morning Reflections can be of some benefit to you I'm not can be of some benefit to you I'm not can be of some benefit to you I'm not saying that everybody should do this saying that everybody should do this saying that everybody should do this it's not meant it's not meant it's not meant for it's not really intended as a

for it's not really intended as a for it's not really intended as a general guideline for the general general guideline for the general general guideline for the general population but if you want to achieve population but if you want to achieve population but if you want to achieve great things for yourself I think this is a good good place to I think this is a good good place to start I wish you a good day or evening start I wish you a good day or evening start I wish you a good day or evening and see you in the next video