On Running the Clock
On Running the Clock
I have an app called Flip that is basically an stop-clock. Whenever I start writing or studying I start it and whenever I take a break I stop it. It collects data like how much I studied, what I studied, and with how good of a focus.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm going to do in the next hour. I might study some Arabic, I might read some History, or I might just waste time by scrolling mindlessly on social media. But I tell myself: so long as I do something that runs the clock I'm going to be content.
And as the time goes by the expression "running the clock" has become a larger and larger portion of my productivity vocab: I say things like "I shall run the clock now" or I write in my diary "The clock was running smoothly today and I am very happy about that".
And I think at some point, all of the purpose in my life can be summed up in this simple expression: To run the clock. All I want to do, is to run the clock. I don't know what I'll be doing then, but I don't think it matters, it was important for me to start the clock because of it, then I like to run the clock. I don't know for how long I will be running the clock, but longer the better and I don't know if running the clock will produce anything of value, but I don't care. For the very act of running the clock is why I live. All the value I want in my life is to be running the clock. To be studying and writing and understanding the world around me. To no avail most of the time.
And I think the biggest joy in my life is that I have found what runs my clock. And I can do it at will. And I think what makes a lot of people very miserable is that they don't know how to run their clock. They want to do something, they want to run the clock, but they don't know how to. I would loved it if I knew how to guide others to learn what runs their clock and help them do it, but I can't... And that's one of the biggest sorrows in my life.
-Oss Ahmadreza Azimi Kohnabi
I have an app called Flip that is basically an stop-clock. Whenever I start writing or studying I start it and whenever I take a break I stop it. It collects data like how much I studied, what I studied, and with how good of a focus.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm going to do in the next hour. I might study some Arabic, I might read some History, or I might just waste time by scrolling mindlessly on social media. But I tell myself: so long as I do something that runs the clock I'm going to be content.
And as the time goes by the expression "running the clock" has become a larger and larger portion of my productivity vocab: I say things like "I shall run the clock now" or I write in my diary "The clock was running smoothly today and I am very happy about that".
And I think at some point, all of the purpose in my life can be summed up in this simple expression: To run the clock. All I want to do, is to run the clock. I don't know what I'll be doing then, but I don't think it matters, it was important for me to start the clock because of it, then I like to run the clock. I don't know for how long I will be running the clock, but longer the better and I don't know if running the clock will produce anything of value, but I don't care. For the very act of running the clock is why I live. All the value I want in my life is to be running the clock. To be studying and writing and understanding the world around me. To no avail most of the time.
And I think the biggest joy in my life is that I have found what runs my clock. And I can do it at will. And I think what makes a lot of people very miserable is that they don't know how to run their clock. They want to do something, they want to run the clock, but they don't know how to. I would loved it if I knew how to guide others to learn what runs their clock and help them do it, but I can't... And that's one of the biggest sorrows in my life.
-Oss Ahmadreza Azimi Kohnabi