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Episode 17: The absurd brevity of life with Oliver Burkeman

Reconsidering

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You Choose Uncomfortable Expansion Over Comfortable Diminishment

I enjoyed his advice, this 25 year olds advice for his present day self. In the book he said, choose uncomfortable expansion over comfortable diminishment whenever you can. And for me, personally, that never steers me wrong. If i'm going in a direction that makes me a little scared and is probably towards some sort of growth, chances are n probably going in the right direction. I don't know if there's a social answer, but somehow, how do we find some way to escape that endless pursuit?

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