1088: How We Spend Our Days by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Personal Development

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🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch shares his thoughts on how we spend our days. Episode 1088: How We Spend Our Days by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Personal Development After years of impulse spending on Amazon and elsewhere, Anthony Ongaro realized that his one-click purchase habits were more of a physical Twitch than an intentional action. It turned out, this Twitch wasn’t just limited to online spending. It applied to social media, impulsive smartphone usage, and more. Break the Twitch is all about minimizing distractions and doing more of what matters. Check out Anthony's new book, Break the Twitch: http://breakthetwitch.com/book The original post is located here: https://www.breakthetwitch.com/how-we-spend-our-days/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily episode 1088 how we spend our days by Anthony and Garo of break the twitch.com
0:08.5	And I'm Justin Mollick happy Hanukkah to you for celebrating and happy Monday
0:13.8	Welcome back to Optimal Living Daily or the OLD podcast where I retune from some of the best blogs
0:19.6	I can find and get permission from mostly covering personal development and minimalism on this show
0:25.0	For now, let's get right to it and start optimizing your life
0:30.6	How we spend our days by Anthony and Garo of break the twitch.com
0:38.4	Quote
0:39.6	How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives
0:43.4	What we do with this hour and that one is what we are doing
0:48.0	Annie Dillard
0:49.7	I have to wonder what my parents must have thought when as a five-year-old I arrived home and
0:54.4	allegedly told them I wanted to be a garbage collector when I grew up
0:57.7	While that particular phase didn't last very long I do remember a recurring pattern of responses I'd get from adults
1:04.2	I'd answer the, so what do you want to be when you grow up question and then I'd hear this
1:09.3	Ah well don't worry you have plenty of time to figure it out
1:13.1	Ha, now I'm in my 30s, I don't tend to get that response very often read ever
1:18.6	Even though I still feel like I'm figuring it out
1:21.9	Isn't it amusing how once adults we tend to focus on who people are going to be and not who they are?
1:28.7	As if who young people aspire to be is more and more than who they are in that moment
1:33.2	I'm certain that children would not ask each other this question where it never uttered from a grown-up's mouth
1:38.8	I can't help but audibly sigh when I hear college students talk about the real world
1:43.6	As in I have a few more months until I graduate and enter the real world
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