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Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket
It's not a question of rearranging your to-do list so as to make space for all your "big rocks", but of accepting that there are simply too many rocks to fit in the jar. You have to take a stab at deciding what matters most, among your various creative passions/life goals/responsibilities – and then do that, while acknowledging that you'll... See more
Oliver Burkeman • Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket
After all, you presumably don't feel overwhelmed by all the unread books in the British Library – and not because there aren't an overwhelming number of them, but because it never occurred to you that it might be your job to get through them all.
Oliver Burkeman • Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket
Yes, yes yes! Why is that we have to overburden ourselves with things to read later (be it books, articles, newsletters and stuff)? Is it all because of FOMO? Is it because we hope knowledge will save us - so the more we plan to absorb the better?