#885: How to Simplify Your Life — Tips from Oliver Burkeman, Chip Conley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and More

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs, this is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show. This time around we have a different format from my usual long form interviews. This is bite size tips from people I love who've been on the podcast. And here's the theme. Many of us feel like we're drowning in complexity. I think day on day the world just seems insane. Whether that

is with respect to inboxes or decisions. Or otherwise. Perhaps you're even slipping in and out of Overwhelm. I've been there. So I wanted to hit pause myself, figure some of you might want to do the same thing, and ask a question. What are a few decisions? Say one to three. that could dramatically simplify my life. In twenty twenty six.

To explore that, I invited listener favorites to chime in with their personal stories. And what they have done themselves. Past episodes Of this simplify series feature lessons from Derek Sibers, Seth Godin, Martha Beck, Maria Popova, Morgan House. Cal Newport and many others, so be sure to check those out. But in the meantime, please enjoy. This wide ranging but intensely practical episode on how to simplify

We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript (47 minutes, 8,897 words), segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.

No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 5 episodes for $3.49, and monthly plans are cheaper still.