time management

Saturday October 16, 2021

You can't control time, but you can change your relationship with the clock

The more actively we can accept and embrace our limited time on Earth, posits author Oliver Burkeman, the easier it becomes to spend our time on what matters most to us. Minnie Phan for NPR hide caption

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Life Kit

You can't control time, but you can change your relationship with the clock

October 16, 2021 • You've got only 4,000 weeks to live, give or take. While that may come as a brutal dose of reality, it's also an opportunity to think about how you're spending that time.

You can't control time, but you can change your relationship with the clock

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Tuesday January 10, 2017

Personal-Productivity Efforts Are Doomed To Fail

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Opinion

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Personal-Productivity Efforts Are Doomed To Fail

January 10, 2017 • Every culturally imposed time-logic is an invention, it's something we made up — and we lie to ourselves if we think we can get more out of time, says commentator Adam Frank.