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January 02, 2024 3 min read
If you've found yourself asking that question again and again... repeatedly trying different techniques to free yourself from this constant feeling of too muchness... it turns out there are a lot of reasons whyâŠ
This change begins by âdispelling the illusion that the path to peace of mind lies in mastering or dominating time, when in fact the answer is to step more fully and wholeheartedly into our non-negotiable human limitations.â
Like the old saying goes, the reward for good time management is more work.
This is not to say that you should not look to add more efficiency into your life where the opportunity presents itself, but that efficiency alone can never be the answer.
The other huge dimension to this is not the quantity of tasks completed, but the quality.
Unfortunately, this leaves us in a perpetual state of crossing relatively unimportant tasks off our to do lists.
I know this trap all too well. And have actually made some headway on prioritizing the most important (and engaging) aspects of my job. For example I do creative work in the mornings now, when I'm most fresh, but I never recognized the true roots of this productivity trap.
The really important skill, Oliver goes on to say, is more like an anti-skill. It's the willingness to not clear the decks⊠to be okay with the fact that there will be always too many things on your list... and with that recognition, to cultivate the ability to turn your attention for some hours each day to something that genuinely matters to you.
He goes on to provide many practical techniques towards cultivating this "anti-skill" and I'll leave you to dig deeper into those if this resonates with you.
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