Ten Tools For Healthy Time Management By Oliver Burkeman (Thread)

A contrarian book about time management:

Four Thousand Weeks — by @oliverburkeman

By embracing our finite life we can be ok with what we get done instead of not getting done

In the appendix, Oliver provides you with 10 tools for healthy time-management.

Here they are 👇

1/ Fixed volume approach

Set a limit on how much you are allowed to work/ how many tasks you can work with at a given time

2/ Serialize, serialize, serialize

Finish one project after another so you do not need to be frazzled

3/ Decide in advance what to fail at

Instead of prioritizing what to be good at, eliminate the other options. You no longer need to think about them anymore with no shame

4/ Focus on what you have already completed

By seeing what you actually got done, you get a nice boost

5/ Consolidate your caring

Limit what you expose on social media so you do not give too much attention to unimportant things

6/ Embrace boring & single-purpose technology

By removing the bells & whistles, you make them a tool, not a toy

7/ Seek out novelty in the mundane

Be present. View everything as you have seen it first time to get the most out of your life

8/ Be a researcher in relationships

Be curious instead of expecting too much of the ones you ought to

9/ Cultivate instantaneous generosity

This is one of the actions you should be impulsive about. It will benefit you now and later

10/ Practice doing nothing

From non-action comes intentional action. Accept what is and you will be grounded in peace

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