Facing Finitude
Learn why most productivity methods are making you busier—and unhappier.
Escaping the Efficiency Trap
Consider the fact that we don't actually have time for everything that matters.
The Joy of Missing Out
Discover how missing out isn't just unavoidable, but also gives meaning to life.
Deciding
See what it would take to "come to grips with reality" and make tough decisions.
Limiting Your Work in Progress
Embrace the uneasiness of not completing your to-do list.
The Art of Saying No
Reflect on a popular, yet misleading, parable about time management.
How Distraction Works
Discover how to resist distraction by accepting your own discomfort.
Planning
Learn how to "step lightly into each new moment" and let go of expectations.
Patience as a Superpower
Discover the benefits of surrendering "to the speed of reality."
The Done List
See what it's like to give up any notion of being more productive or focused.
The Three or Four Hours Rule
Become "mentally pliant" and learn the value of leaving some work unfinished.
Time with Others
Embrace "collective ritual" and join "the rhythms of the rest of world."
This Is It
Realize that there is no time in the future when you'll finally feel in control.
Cosmic Insignificance Therapy
Consider the fact that we are all "way less of a big deal" than we think we are.
Living In Deep Time
Discover what time really is: the very "medium in which life unfolds."
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Time Management for Mortals
In Time Management for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman calls on us to eschew rote productivity, embrace our finitude, and surrender to the rhythms of life, so that we may “end our struggle with time”—and live with “more accomplishment, more success, and more time spent on what matters most.”
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Artwork by Mathieu Clauss