The Impossible Supply

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I think the problem or the cause of our suffering there is not that there are these infinite supplies, but that we think they're ought to be a way to get our finite arms around the infinite supply. It's very similar to, oh, I want to read that and I heard about it and it's going to be so good, but I need to finish this other book first. And then you're, and then suddenly it's become this thing that you liked has become this onerous to do list that you feel that you will never get through.

All of us have too much to do and too little time to do it in. Yet the more we try to increase our productivity, the less happy and productive we seem to be. Why, and what’s the solution? This week Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, Time Management for Mortals, joins Adam to discuss how to break the cycle of productivity shame with his radical new approach to looking at time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.