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Productivity is a Trap

Productivity is a Trap

The more you optimize, the more you try to cram in and the more overwhelmed you become.

True peace lies in letting some things go undone.

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Accept That You’ll Miss Out

Accept That You’ll Miss Out

FOMO is baked into being human. You can’t experience every career, every place, every version of yourself. So choose deliberately.

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Time is Not a Tool. It’s a Habitat

Time is Not a Tool. It’s a Habitat

We treat time like something to dominate. But you live inside it.

Stop fighting time, and start flowing with it.

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Choose What to Neglect

Choose What to Neglect

You will neglect most things. So choose which ones with intention.

Saying no is not rude. It’s responsible.

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Stop Postponing Life

Stop Postponing Life

Don’t wait until you’re β€œcaught up” or β€œready.” This messy, imperfect, now, is your real life.

Start living it.

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Micro Mental Shift:

Micro Mental Shift:

Instead of asking:

πŸ‘‰ β€œHow can I do it all?”

Ask:

πŸ‘‰ β€œWhat’s worth doing at all?”

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ROBERT BOSMAN

We should leave the word positive out, and also the word negative, and just be conscious of what is and what happens…

ROBERT BOSMAN

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CURATOR'S NOTE

If you live to 80, you get around 4000 weeks. That’s it. And yet we act like we’re immortal, hoarding goals, chasing hacks, fearing missing out. Burkeman’s book is a wake-up call: not to do more, but to do less, better. The goal isn’t control , itself meaning

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