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The most effective way to sap distraction of its power is just to stop expecting things to be otherwise—to accept that this unpleasantness is simply what it feels like for finite humans to commit ourselves to the kinds of demanding and valuable tasks that force us to confront our limited control over how our lives unfold.
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
It takes years to write a book—between two and ten years. Less is so rare as to be statistically insignificant.
The Writing Life
Annie Dillard
And then? Then you get to relax. But you also get to accomplish more, and to enjoy yourself more in the process, because you’re no longer so busy denying the reality of your predicament, consciously or otherwise. This is the point at which you enter the sacred state the writer Sasha Chapin refers to as ‘playing in the ruins.’
Meditations for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman
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