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Dec 12, 2021

"True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity -- in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can." --Oliver Burkeman

Ten Ways to Make Your Time Matter

"As a recovering 'productivity geek,' I know how it feels to become swept up in the idea of discovering the perfect system of time management. But I was eventually forced to accept that my struggles to achieve a sense of perfect control or mastery of my time were counterproductive, leading not to a life of more meaning but one of more overwhelm and stress. I came to see that I needed to give up the quest for that kind of control, letting go of the impossible goal of becoming perfectly efficient and embracing my limitations instead, so as to make more time for what was really valuable.[...]Here are 10 suggestions I make in my book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, about how to live with your limited time in mind." Oliver Burkeman shares more...