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#048: Oliver Burkeman — Writing Impactful Articles, Making the Most of Our Finite Lives, Reevaluate Your Relationship With Time, Being Happier

London Writers' Salon

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The Benefits of Sitting

I'd love to talk a little bit about the concept of settling. I almost want to say it's like playing hard to get with your writing practice. And you can't actually ever truly keep your options open because keeping them open is a form of closing down your options. We're very strongly conditioned in our desire to sort of feel like we can get the upper hand on time. It's just this idea that like everything is always trade offs.

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