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#238 Ask the Expert: Time with Oliver Burkeman

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How to Use Technology in a Way That Helps Us With Our Time

i think part of the problem about digital distraction is silicon valley, these terribly crafty ways of distratia. But the other part is that we sort of collaborate. We sort of want to be distracted. When we're doing difficult, challenging work, it just feels nicer to scuttle away into distraction. And again, i think a huge amount of there's a huge power in not expecting it to feel otherwise. Not expecting a difficult piece of creative work to feel totally great from the very beginning all the way through. This is actually a sign that i'm doing something meaningful. If you're expecting it in that way, it's just much less likely that you're going to run

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