Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

<p>Oliver Burkeman is a British journalist and writer based in New York.&nbsp;He is well known not only for his amazing books, but he also wrote a popular weekly column on psychology called “This Column will Change Your Life” which was printed weekly between 2006 and 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Oliver joins Eric for a third time on the show, and in this episode, they discuss many things, including his new book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780374159122" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Four Thousand Weeks:&nbsp;Time Management for Mortals”</a></p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p>Oliver Burkeman and I Discuss Time Management for Mortals and …</p><ul><li>His book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780374159122" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Four Thousand Weeks:&nbsp;Time Management for Mortals”</a></li><li>How we invest more energy and focus on trying to escape certain feelings</li><li>Finitude and understanding that life is finite</li><li>Time and how we relate to it as something we have and use</li><li>The idea that we&nbsp;<em>are</em>&nbsp;time rather than we&nbsp;<em>have&nbsp;</em>time</li><li>Accepting the truth of your finitude allows you to live more in the present</li><li>Confusing meaningful with extraordinary</li><li>Cosmic insignificance therapy suggests that we reexamine the threshold of what makes a meaningful life</li><li>Our tendency to want to define and measure what is meaningful in life</li><li>How the pursuit of using time well can lead us to live in the future rather than being present</li><li>Asking ourselves if something is expanding or contracting to us</li><li>The modern attention econ