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When it comes to Make Time, my go-to tactics are:
• Schedule Your Highlight (#8)
• Log Out (#18)
• Ignore the News (#25)
• Set a Visible Timer (#52)
• Eat Without Screens (#225)
Making Time at Work With Connor Swenson
John Zeratsky
The convenience regime sells us a peculiar bargain: “I'll free you from the messiness of human existence so you can focus on being yourself more.”
But aren't you the sum of the tasks you spend your time on? Isn't there something fundamentally human about wrestling some messy reality rather than just managing its digital alternative?
In Praise of Inconvenience: The Hidden Costs of a Convenient World
Simone
Buddhist psychology is uniquely insightful, I think, when it comes to the specific version of clenching I was experiencing on that hillside path: how we make ourselves miserable, not just by railing against bad experiences, or craving experiences we aren’t having, but by trying too hard to hold onto the good experiences we *are* currently having.
The Imperfectionist: You Can't Hoard Life
Oliver Burkeman
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