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OLIVER BURKEMAN  Life is shorter than you think–why not be here for it?

OLIVER BURKEMAN Life is shorter than you think–why not be here for it?

Update: 2025-11-11
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A long-time productivity and self-help writer for The Guardian, Oliver Burkeman catapulted to international renown with his 2021 book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. In that book, as well as his 2025 follow up Meditations for Mortals, Burkeman jolts our productivity-obsessed culture awake with the reminder that we can’t possibly get everything under control in the short time we have here on earth. It’s a realization that seems terrifying and slightly depressing at first blush, but the more Burkeman talks us through it the more liberating and life-enhancing it feels. In this conversation, Oliver Burkeman expands on imperfectionism ,on the wisdom of not seeing life as a problem to be solved, and the power that comes with letting the future be the future.

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OLIVER BURKEMAN  Life is shorter than you think–why not be here for it?

OLIVER BURKEMAN Life is shorter than you think–why not be here for it?