How long would it take you to watch an unedited version of a movie?

Well, it would depend on the movie.

I was surprised to learn that sometimes it can run as high as a 240 to 1 ratio.

What does this mean?

Well, I’m glad you asked.

In one example, it means that there were 480 hours of raw footage time that were shot to produce a viewing time of 2 hours.

In essence, it would take you 20 days to watch the unedited version of the movie.

So, how does this apply to you?

As you go through your day looking at and interacting with people around you, all you see is the edited versions of their lives.

You don’t see or experience the raw footage.

And you make assumptions about them based only on what you briefly see.

Then, you look at the raw version of your life and make comparisons based on that thinly sliced picture of their life.

The edited version of someone’s life is always cleanly cut and stitched together to provide you with a pleasurable viewing experience. And in many cases, if they’re not doing the editing, then your brain is doing it for you.

It’s difficult not to draw conclusions from what you see because your brain is wired to do so. But you’ll be much more content in your life if you can teach yourself not to draw comparisons between the unedited version of your life versus the edited version of theirs.

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