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Oliver Burkeman - The JOY of Missing Out

The Imperfects

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Dating Advice in 4,000 Weeks

We're constantly trying to ignore or avoid the emotional feeling of that finitude. Most of what we do most of the time in terms of dealing with our time is mainly a sort of emotional avoidance. It's an attempt to sort of somehow kind of get ourselves out of this river of time and determine where it goes. You need to learn how to start saying no to things you do want to do, because you only have one life.

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