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Confessions of a Burnt Out Over-Achiever
Our days are spent trying to “get through” tasks, in order to get them “out of the way,” with the result that we live mentally in the future, waiting for when we’ll finally get around to what really matters—and worrying, in the meantime, that we don’t measure up, that we might lack the drive or stamina to keep pace with the speed at which life now
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The single greatest challenge for any ambitious person is eliminating the guilt associated with free time and rest.
The challenge is that the demand in our lives increasingly exceeds our capacity.
99U • Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U)
There is truly a bottomless pit of advice on how to do work faster, harder, and more efficiently, and all of these ideas have been comforting to me at various times in my career. Now, having made myself sick living like that, I find myself looking for new advice on how to adhere to some other approach, one that does not focus primarily on beating t... See more