Why writing is painful | Tim Urban and Lex Fridman

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GUEST BIO:
Tim Urban is the author and illustrator of the popular blog 'Wait But Why'.

PODCAST INFO:

SOCIAL:

[leonlysak]

Dude this is EXACTLY what I had went through as self employed, down to the number of years it took lol

[littleripper]

Most people only do 2-4hours of focused work at their job anyways. We can only do that much in the day and the rest can only be light/relaxed work. Even when people work 12 hour shifts it's still only a few hours of hard mental work and the rest is more tedious easier stuff.

[hashim]

PLEASE someone who has figured out how to escape the "dark playground" share how you got out of it. I've been stuck in it for quite some time and need to know

[mrandersson]

my kind of OCD thank you for sharing, I feel less alone in my misery. I think this painful pattern of behavior needs to be more researched and recognized publicly.
Not sure if it is pathological by itself or if it is only social pressure with deadlines and achievements that makes it a problem.

[mr.spinoza]

I'm currently writing a Philosophy PhD thesis and I struggle tremendously with procastination. Generally I'm pretty easygoing and happy, but when I feel a deadline coming up, I feel so much regret and pain everyday until 5AM I write a bunch of work and then sleep a little later. The cycle then starts again.

[fl]

I love that dude so much. One of the best guest in the last hours.

[MontyQueues]

yeah I can certainly relate… the worse enemy for creators is chaos and not having discipline… recently I’ve tried out different methods and the work morning first and enjoy rest of evening really feels less stressful

[RTLL]

Thank you fro this clip. I think more people with notable achievments should share their experience with hardships, so more aspiring people could realize it is not that easy.

[hithere_]

Lesson on how to bomb your own book: Go to a podcast and talk about it in the following manner - "I added things that I shouldn't", "It is too much", "I took too long writing it", "I overoutline"....etc

[Bpaynes]

Anytime I make out a plan like that I never wind up doing it, I just have to kind of jump in on the spot to get anything done, anytime I plan something I procrastinate the whole day away . Im not sure why, immaturity? Adhd?

[theneonvert]

This helps very much, trying to grow my own creativity and the advice of balance in life helping your creativity

[HigherPlanes]

The cure for this negative spiral is to live in the moment. So easy in theory yet so difficult for so many people to achieve.

[EddyMcGuire]

Yup. When you realize you're not the only one. Then you read the comments and it confirms there are many of us and: "You Are Not Alone".
The crazy part is that I always get the same solution intuition: 3 hours of super focused action a day -- and yet playing in the mind-field of dredge is the rope always pulling me like the tug of war on Squid Game. Anywho, there are no coincidences, perfect timing with this video! Time to get to work. :)

[JoeNathan]

"dark playground" that's exactly what I felt all 3 times I skipped school 🤣

[davidgarza]

Appreciate the guests honesty. I have ADD symptoms too and feel that push-pull factor he describes as a content producer myself.

[awexpat]

The yin and yang of work and play... I like Tim

[jpconnor]

wow! i know this torture all too well :( its like why cant I just get this shit done, why do I endlessly think I have more time than I do. Its like i need a weird fucked up catalyst of self loathing and remorse to get moving...smh the struggle is real!

[Wingedmagician]

This was great and I love Tim (relatable as all hell) but why is Stephen King on the thumbnail 🤨

[_Beetcoin_]

Ow, it's Stephen King. I thought it was Bob Lazar. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[billybussey]

Replace writing with the word art. All real art is pain.