Why You Like Some Thing And Avoid Others

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Writing in the flow state is a wonderful experience because it allows me to control and organize ideas, characters, and concepts. During this time, the inconveniences of life are turned down, and I can fully immerse myself in the creative process. However, there is a dilemma between procrastination and self-restraint. To sustainably pursue writing, one must either embrace the discomfort of concentration or reconfigure their psychology and schedule to make it less painful. It's a choice between embracing suffering or changing the direction of the wind. Discipline can be seen as either pushing through or taking a break. Understanding one's own challenges and resources is essential to navigate this dilemma. The goal is to be in control of one's desires and motivations, rather than being driven by them. There are two paths: reconfiguring the force's direction or transcending the force altogether. The latter offers a greater sense of empowerment.

Ryan speaks with Tim Urban about his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, why everyone who wants to improve at something should aim to do it slowly, what it really means to “trust the process,” why they like writing so much, and more.

Tim Urban is a writer, illustrator, blogger, and entrepreneur. He earned his A.B. from Harvard University, graduating cum laude with a major in Government. Since starting his long-form, stick figure-illustrated blog Wait But Why in 2013, he has become one of the most popular writers and thinkers on the internet. His articles have been regularly republished on sites like Quartz, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, Business Insider and Gizmodo, and his 2016 TED Talk: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator has been viewed over 50 million times on YouTube alone. Wait But Why regularly receives over 1.5 million unique visitors per month on average, and his blog is read by over 300,000 email subscribers. His work, which covers a wide range of topics, including technology, human behavior, self-improvement, and more, can be found at waitbutwhy.com and on Twitter @waitbutwhy and Instagram @timurban.

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