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10 Ways Developers Can Invest Time Instead of Wasting it

Ilona Codes on July 18, 2020

In today’s, in the past and probably in the future world — the time is more valuable than money, and the right time waits for no one. Hence, we hav...

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spiritupbro • Jul 19 '20

🙅‍♀️ Say “No”
Here I am still in the development process, but it has already become much better. I say “no” much more often today.

When I have inquiries of any kind or even my own project ideas, I always reflect on this principle: if you say yes to this, you automatically say no to something else. Because you can only do one thing at a time, is this thing more important than other things for achieving my goals?

This way, whole kinds of projects or requests fall through the grid—the filter which recognizes what really matters for me, for my most critical resource—my time.

this quote is beautiful for real i got so many project even thought i can do all of that saying no to some of the project is actually necessary you know even thought i love coding but at some point its really crazy to do all of that at once

Ilona Codes • Jul 19 '20

I truly understand you!

Developers are very curious people and eager to learn new things through project implementations. Still, at the same time, we have energy and willpower limits on how much time and capacity we give for each new project.

shroomlife 🍄 • Jul 18 '20

Don't forget: Time is just an illusion! So stop fighting against it. There is no such thing as a waste of time only experience you don't get the point for yet. You define the value of anything. You are your own god within your own world. Anything you do, you do for a reason. So you are not even able to waste your time. Funny and sad, isn't it?

My advice: JUST HAVE FUN AND IF YOU DON'T JUST CHANGE WHAT YOU DO TO SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU FUN OR LOVE OR WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD!

YOU ARE AWESOME!

dleon • Jul 19 '20 • Edited

I second this. We just have one life so we have to balance things in it. But always have fun and also invest time in you and the ones you love.

shroomlife 🍄 • Jul 19 '20

In my opinion I got as many lives as I want to. What do you think how you entered this life? By coincedence? I believe by love and I am not alone. Do your research and let go the YOLO curse! Love to everyone!

dleon • Jul 19 '20 • Edited

Well my response is for those who believe that we have just one life. Remember we need to accept any kind of beliefs and religions. We are all here in this rock!

shroomlife 🍄 • Jul 19 '20

That's right. I always thought of death as then there is nothing and nothing but once you see and experience death for real and come back to life you will understand. Either in a trip or at least when you die and your body releases all your DMT. Happy tripping down here.

Ilona Codes • Jul 19 '20

This! 🙌

Marco Damaceno • Jul 19 '20

Developers, don't believe in "happy path projects". All of them have some point of failure that will make you waste your time. Say no if you realize that it is a time consumer and not an investment. It's easy to get in and hard to get out.

Diona Rodrigues • Jul 19 '20

Good points.

As designers and developers I think we have the power to change people's lives through technology.

I'm on my way to find some goal in my life - something I can do to feel more valuable in this world - and I think I can apply some of your tips in my current life to have more time and money to think about life and do what I really want to do for a living.

Dennis O'Keeffe • Jul 19 '20

“Don’t swap time for money.”

Definitely a mantra to live by. Solid tips!

Mirkan • Jul 19 '20

let's see if I will be able to buy the book later

Mohammad Fazel • Jul 18 '20

Thank you IIona!

The most important one is saying no to everything, I suppose.

Peace,.

Ilona Codes • Jul 18 '20

You are welcome! Yes, we need to learn to say "no" when it's necessary.

Naveen • Jul 18 '20

Hi This article is very wonderfull

Ilona Codes • Jul 18 '20

Thank you so much!

Emmyz Azuby • Jul 18 '20

Thank you so much for this

Ilona Codes • Jul 19 '20

My pleasure 🙂

Samuel-Zacharie FAURE • Jul 19 '20

That’s why you should try to make each minute of each day count because every minute you sit idly doing nothing or wasting time, there is someone out there working hard towards the same goal gaining the edge over you.

Wow, looks like life is some kind of competition for you. That's a very unhealthy way to live.
Beside, comparing yourselves with others will always lead to disappointment.

There are millions of developers in this world, you can talk to almost all of them on the internet. One of them WILL be better than you at something you're doing. Comparison == Poison.

If you don’t work towards your dreams and goals, you aren’t investing your time in yourself—you are wasting it.

What if my dream is "wasting" my time ?
I feel this pressure to work towards "dreams and goal" to be a red herring for a very toxic culture.

and instead start investing your time into a variety of assets, including yourself.

I'm not an asset. I'm a human being.

Soon you will be able to have the 4-Hour Workweek.

Why would I want to work 4 hours ? I love my job so much ! I can't envision working only 4 hours on it. Looks like you're encouraging people to look towards the destination rather than the journey. Seems like a mirage to me, but to each its own.

DrMandible • Jul 22 '20

Life is a competition. Just ask Darwin. Go ahead and waste your days but one day you will realize that's not a viable long term strategy.

OP isn't saying to be a slave to work. She starts with the true assumptions that most of us must earn income. So how do we do that most effectively, thereby leaving ourselves time (and extra money) for leisure.

This is a post explicitly about time management for work. If you don't want to work, you shouldn't have even bothered reading it.

Samuel-Zacharie FAURE • Jul 22 '20

Life is a competition. Just ask Darwin

Pretty sure that's a huge stretch from Darwin.

If you don't want to work, you shouldn't have even bothered reading it.

Yet you are the one trying to earn more money to work less 🍹

Go ahead and waste your days but one day you will realize that's not a viable long term strategy.

"Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted" - John Lennon

All in all you seem to have a very negative ootlook on life - But you know, you can progress as well with the carrot instead of the stick.

DrMandible • Jul 22 '20

You're quite the mind reader. Everyone but you apparently has a negative outlook on life. Good luck with not working and telling people what they think.

beesnotincluded • Aug 29 '20

I agree strongly with this. Nobody gets anywhere impressive by just doing the average. But people love to justify their laziness. If everyone put 100% effort into what they were doing literally everything in society would be better. Inspiring words.

Happy button-pushing.