Too Many Needles

Too Many Needles, by Oliver Burkeman

Our task isn’t to comb through haystacks, but to maximize what we’ve already found.

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You Are Here

Find greater enjoyment and meaning in navigating life’s unknowns.

In You Are Here, author and journalist Oliver Burkeman offers a collection of essays exploring the nature of limitation, uncertainty, unpredictability, accomplishment, enjoyment, and more.

“Life is so intrinsically confusing and precarious,” Burkeman says. But when we stop struggling against that reality, we are “liberated at last to give this admittedly rather preposterous business of being a human absolutely everything we’ve got.”

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Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, about embracing limitation and finally getting around to what counts. For many years, he wrote a popular column on psychology for The Guardian, “This Column Will Change Your Life,” and has reported from London, New York, and Washington, DC.

It’s Worse Than You Think

It’s Worse Than You Think, by Oilver Burkeman

It isn’t difficult to accomplish everything you want to. It’s impossible.

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You Are Here

Find greater enjoyment and meaning in navigating life’s unknowns.

In You Are Here, author and journalist Oliver Burkeman offers a collection of essays exploring the nature of limitation, uncertainty, unpredictability, accomplishment, enjoyment, and more.

“Life is so intrinsically confusing and precarious,” Burkeman says. But when we stop struggling against that reality, we are “liberated at last to give this admittedly rather preposterous business of being a human absolutely everything we’ve got.”

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Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, about embracing limitation and finally getting around to what counts. For many years, he wrote a popular column on psychology for The Guardian, “This Column Will Change Your Life,” and has reported from London, New York, and Washington, DC.

The Habit of Force

The Habit of Force, by Oilver Burkeman

We can endure life’s tasks with discipline—or welcome them with enjoyment.

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You Are Here

Find greater enjoyment and meaning in navigating life’s unknowns.

In You Are Here, author and journalist Oliver Burkeman offers a collection of essays exploring the nature of limitation, uncertainty, unpredictability, accomplishment, enjoyment, and more.

“Life is so intrinsically confusing and precarious,” Burkeman says. But when we stop struggling against that reality, we are “liberated at last to give this admittedly rather preposterous business of being a human absolutely everything we’ve got.”

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Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, about embracing limitation and finally getting around to what counts. For many years, he wrote a popular column on psychology for The Guardian, “This Column Will Change Your Life,” and has reported from London, New York, and Washington, DC.

Inconceivable

Inconceivable, by Oliver Burkeman

Uncertainty can immobilize us—or inspire us to action.

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You Are Here

Find greater enjoyment and meaning in navigating life’s unknowns.

In You Are Here, author and journalist Oliver Burkeman offers a collection of essays exploring the nature of limitation, uncertainty, unpredictability, accomplishment, enjoyment, and more.

“Life is so intrinsically confusing and precarious,” Burkeman says. But when we stop struggling against that reality, we are “liberated at last to give this admittedly rather preposterous business of being a human absolutely everything we’ve got.”

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Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, about embracing limitation and finally getting around to what counts. For many years, he wrote a popular column on psychology for The Guardian, “This Column Will Change Your Life,” and has reported from London, New York, and Washington, DC.

What Is an Interruption, Anyway?

What Is an Interruption, Anyway?, by Oliver Burkeman

Embrace life’s unpredictability, rather than resisting it.

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You Are Here

Find greater enjoyment and meaning in navigating life’s unknowns.

In You Are Here, author and journalist Oliver Burkeman offers a collection of essays exploring the nature of limitation, uncertainty, unpredictability, accomplishment, enjoyment, and more.

“Life is so intrinsically confusing and precarious,” Burkeman says. But when we stop struggling against that reality, we are “liberated at last to give this admittedly rather preposterous business of being a human absolutely everything we’ve got.”

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Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, about embracing limitation and finally getting around to what counts. For many years, he wrote a popular column on psychology for The Guardian, “This Column Will Change Your Life,” and has reported from London, New York, and Washington, DC.

Cosmic Insignificance Therapy

Are you feeling stressed? Have more to do than you could ever accomplish? Or, not enough to do? Do you have regrets over past failures? Whatever your situation today, listen to this short episode by Oliver Burkeman from the Waking Up APP.

I’ve found it to be SIGNIFICANT to me, so much, I’ve listened to it two days in a row.

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c0nt6xVyCTo