⌛ time
It happens all the time. You read an amazing book, one so packed with wisdom that you think it’s going to change your life forever. Then…it doesn’t. Why? Because when you’re finally in a situation where you could use its insights, you’ve completely forgotten them. Time is our most valuable resource, so we shouldn’t waste it. The investment we make... See more
Rosie • How to Remember What You Read
The design of our calendars — the way we arrange our days, weeks, and months — is a reflection of how we aspire to live our lives
Liz Stinson • A Failed Soviet Experiment Offers A Warning To Today’s Burnout Generation
“If you don’t save a bit of your time for you, now, out of every week,” as she puts it, “there is no moment in the future when you’ll magically be done with everything and have loads of free time.” This is the same insight embodied in two venerable pieces of time management advice: to work on your most important project for the first hour of each... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.”
— Bonnie Friedman
Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
... See moreI think, when it comes to our disposable hours, we make time for the things we want to do. I read because it’s what I want to do, frequently to the exclusion of other things. I may think that I want to get into a solid pilates routine, or cook a meal out of a cook book, or go to a gallery opening, but in reality, I only want to want to . I
... See morePandora Sykes • "But How Do You Read So Much?"
"We waste years by not wanting to waste hours"
- Amos Tversky
I count the days because I love them too much. I count the days already knowing that one day I will remember how tactless it was of me to have counted the days when I could have so easily have enjoyed them. I count the days to pretend that losing it all doesn't phase me.
Anthony Doerr
