#864: How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman

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 four listener favorites to chime in with their personal stories. and what they have done themselves. David Yarrow, who is one of the world's best selling fine art photographers, his story is crazy. Listen to his episode on the podcast if you want more. He has sold more than$125 million worth of photographs. There's a lot more to his career. So there's David Yarrow, Claire Hughes Johnson, One of my favorites also former Stripe chief operations officer, that's COO, who helped scale Stripe from under two hundred employees. to more than seven thousand employees. Diana Chapman, co-author of the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership.

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