Getting to the End of All That Stuff

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You can treat all that stuff as something you dip into for a while on a regular basis with no particular expectation of completion. If your energy is greatest at the start of the day, well use some of that time for the projects you care about most. See what happens if you can approach life in this way to allow the anxiety that's going to arise from all those undone tasks being on the to-do list. And at the same time, to just spend a few hours anyway on something that feels truly important.

Sam Harris presents an unconventional perspective on time management from Oliver Burkeman. Rather than focusing on rote efficiency or productivity, Burkeman calls on us to embrace our finitude and surrender to the rhythms of life, so that we may “end our struggle with time”—and live with “more accomplishment, more success, and more time spent on what matters most.”

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