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Finite Lives and Infinite Goals with Oliver Burkeman

Best Laid Plans

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You Know You Don't Have to Do Anything to Save Your Soul

You're already at any moment neglecting almost everything you could be doing right and that's just by definition true. So it's no longer a question of like how can I not neglect anything it's just a question of which things will I neglect. Once you're no longer in that psychodrama with your to do list it's way easier to just do a whole bunch of things on your toDo list because it's kind of fun and interesting instead of because you're engaged in this quest for salvation through productivity. That's just silly and truthfully you know we're worthy even if we do stay in bed eating potato chipsRight absolutely absolutely that was actually exactly what you needed on that given

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