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A Great Book to Help You Defeat “Time Anxiety”
From the author of “Four Thousand Weeks”
Whenever people ask me which book they should read next, I often tell them to pick something that will help them solve their current problem.
Because no matter what you’re up against in life, there’s someone else out there who’s already been up against it, and many of them have written books that can help you too.
Tonight’s book recommendation is a little different though.
Meditations for Mortals doesn’t help you solve the problem of wanting to fit five lifetimes of experiences and adventures into your one actual lifetime, but it can help you realize that the very struggle itself is a major cause of the difficulty.
Specifically, the idea that it can be solved, and that you’re just not trying hard enough, or haven’t found the right productivity hack or app, etc.
In his previous book, Four Thousand Weeks (one of my favorites, and just in terms of time management books), Oliver Burkeman pointed out that you’ll never get everything done, and that there’s real freedom in the practice of giving up that losing fight, and instead becoming an imperfectionist.
I highly recommend reading both books, but if you find yourself overwhelmed by tasks, responsibilities, lists, and…
