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This notion that fulfillment might lie in embracing, rather than denying, our temporal limitations wouldn’t have surprised the philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Most of us, the Stoics point out, go through life under the delusion that it is certain people, situations, or events that make us sad, anxious, or angry.
Oliver Burkeman • The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
surrendering to communal time
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
‘To treat life as a pilgrimage to a future and better existence is to disown its present value.’ – W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Oliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Practise doing nothing.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
We invariably prefer indecision over committing ourselves to a single path,
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
experience of confronting your limited control.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
against them—the more productive, meaningful, and joyful life becomes.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. I’m indebted to the Jungian therapist James Hollis for the insight that major personal decisions should be made not by asking, “Will this make me happy?”, but “Will this choice enlarge me or diminish me?” We’re terrible at predicting what will make us happy: the question swiftly ge... See more