#biology #neuroscience #synaptic-pruning #philosophy #rationality #humans #insight #life-pruning #personal-growth #goals Created at 060523 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 060523 Commit: 0 # Related - [[Biology/Neuroscience/Synaptic pruning]] - [[Pruning]] - [[Philosophy/Humans/What insight about life have you acquired, that seems obvious to you, but might not be obvious to everyone else]] # Life pruning Sometimes when I go to bed I wonder if I will wake up on the next day, and I rethink about my life, where I'm wasting time, what I should remove, what I should discard. [[Synaptic pruning]] is a process where neurons get deleted when we forget, as a mechanism to remove unnecessary information, is called synaptic pruning or synaptic elimination. It is a natural process that occurs in the brain throughout life, where weak or unused synaptic connections between neurons are eliminated, making the remaining connections stronger and more efficient. This process is important for learning and memory consolidation, as it allows the brain to refine and optimize its neural networks, and to remove unnecessary or outdated information that is no longer relevant. Pruning applied to life is about removing what is not aligned with our [[Personal growth/Goal|goals]] allowing us to focus on what matters.