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You regret not partying at college? My biggest regret from college is binge drinking and staying up too late to basically faff around chasing frivolous pleasure. If I had drank half as much and partied half as much, I'd have gotten much more accomplished.

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“I’d have gotten much more accomplished”

Not really. You say that now as if your non partying time would have been perfectly spent toward a goal of bettering yourself. In actuality you probably would have just putzed around in your dorm not doing anything that would have impacted your professional life trajectory.

Exactly, it's like the common "wow you spent 250 hours on that game, that would be 250 * hourly salary you could've made!".

Yes, but actually no. Forcing yourself to be productive usually has diminishing returns after a while.

But it depends on the balance you're striking. If all you're doing is playing the game, then that calculation pretty much checks out. Or even just if you're playing the game when you could well be working. You "just" gotta know when you're kidding yourself, and when you're not.

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