Procrastination
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Procrastination
What would it mean to live more playfully? First, it would require us to reject work that is not intrinsically motivating and to build working conditions that are joyfully engaging. Second, it would require that we de-emphasise the importance of work for finding personal fulfilment and meaning in our lives. Despite work being central to who we are
... See moreAlec Stubbs • The Achievement Society Is Burning Us Out, We Need More Play
If there is something you want to do later, do it now. There is no “later” — only a polite fiction we tell ourselves while life quietly moves the furniture. “Later” is where dreams go to suffocate under laundry piles and unread emails. It’s the mirage that keeps the camel walking, not realising the oasis was always the decision to drink now.
... See moreYour brain will invent fake problems for you if you don't go out and find real ones
It turns out my really big problem was thinking I might one day get rid of all my problems, when the truth is that there's no escaping the mucky, malodorous compost-heap of this reality. Which is OK, actually. Compost is the stuff that helps things grow.
Oliver Burkeman • What if you never sort your life out?
The limitations we’re trying to avoid when we engage in this self-defeating sort of procrastination frequently don’t have anything to do with how much we’ll be able to get done in the time available; usually, it’s a matter of worrying that we won’t have the talent to produce work of sufficient quality, or that others won’t respond to it as we’d
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