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Time Management with Oliver Burkeman | Remotely Curious

Working Smarter

CHAPTER

The Pursuit of Control

I have read that you've identified yourself as a recovering productivity junkie. I think in a certain way that desire to feel secure and in control is something close to a universal story. So we're trying to solve a problem that isn't open to us to solve, so the suffering comes from trying to find a solution. There's actually nothing intrinsically wrong with being a finite human with finite control.

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