we all have 24 hours that's what they say right but is that really true experience K that some people seem to have more time than others they're able to do more they're able to multitask better they're able to get more things done in a day compared to others and they seem to be less flustered but how is that possible why should some people or some brains have more time and if so how can you you make more time that is what we're going to talk about in today's video hi everyone I'm DR sidhart warrior I'm a neurologist and welcome to my YouTube channel where we talk about neuroscience and everything if you're new here welcome and if you've been here before welcome back for the sake of today's discussion I'm going to talk about two kinds of time physics maths equations the velocity momentum acceleration time comp but there is a different kind of time which is perceived time the time that our brain is aware of subjective time minute is not a good comparison what is 1 minute for me could be 1 hour for you physics has tried to answer this question but so has neuroscience and Neuroscience has come up with an answer which is attention attention is what makes the difference between perceived time for you and for me Einstein if you spend one hour with a loved one it will feel like a minute but 1 minute on a hot stove will feel like an hour this is because when you're with your lover your attention is completely on something else and so 1 hour can pass by like that but when you're on a hot stove your attention is completely on every second of torture and so your minute gets expanded in other words attention can make time expand and distraction can make time constrict what do you think in an entire day how much time do you spend daydreaming thinking about things that have nothing to do with your work at hand Studies have shown that on average we spend close to 40 to 50% of our waking time daydreaming in other words whatever is the objective time you think you have only half of that is available to you subjectively so so if you think you have 2 hours to study think again you actually have close to 1 hour because 1 hour will go in daydreaming and this partly answers the first question that I asked how do some people manage to have more time these are people who have figured out how to daydream less and to spend more attention on the work at Hand Solve how do we hack this problem for this you have to understand two things one is attention and the other is something called default mode Network which is a part of the brain now attention is like a lighthouse or under and every time your attention is outside you are doing productive work but then you get distracted and then your attention goes inwards which is where the default mode Network kicks in and that's when you start daydreaming and after you're done daydreaming your attention will swing outside again and again you are paying attention to the outside world now imagine in this spiral you only get half the amount of time because half the time is gone in your dmn network so the way out is to make sure that your attention is hooked to things outside and spending less time daydreaming and here is how you do it I'm going to give you a framework to work with now remember that this framework is a suggestion and I would want you to modify this according to your life your preferences so that it works best for you here is my framework I want you to divide your day into five different slots slot one is for sleeping because this is the most important one slot one will last for 8 hours and it starts at 1 p. m. on the previous day and ends at 6:00 a.
m. now you might think why slot one for sleeping I have realized that having a good productive day actually starts the night before and having good sleep is prerequisite to having a good day which is why I will call sleep as slot one slot number two starts at 6:00 a. m.
and goes on till 10:00 a. m. so this is where you do things that contribute to you your health your creativity your art your personal growth this is where you can take walks you can go for a run go to the gym exercise swim you could read things that you like write Journal you could play batminton tennis anything that you want to do for your own personal growth slot number three and four are for your professional work so 10:00 a.
m. to 2: p. m.
and 2: p. m. to 6:00 p.
m. now depending on what kind of work you do you can structure this differently the way I prefer to do it is slot number three goes for self-work where I work by myself I do research I write down ideas things that I like to do in my own time but for my professional life slot number four is what I keep for teams for group meetings for collaborative work for working with other people and finally slot number five which is 600 p. m.
to 10 p. m.
