How to Stop Overthinking & Start Living a More Meaningful Life with Oliver Burkeman #580
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Yes, the attempt to do it all is going to make you feel incredibly anxious and overwhelmed. Yes, the demands that are made on us and the things that feel like they're essential that we have to do them will leave us feeling wiped out. That is not a war that any of us is ever going to win. And it's in that realization that you can then, I hope, begin to feel the first glimmers of a different kind of energy, which is like, okay. That's the way it is.
Hey guys, how are you doing? Hope you're having a good week so far. My name is Dr. Romgan Chatterjee and this is my podcast, Feel Better, Live More. Many of us feel under constant pressure to optimize every moment, to become more efficient, more productive, and somehow more worthy.
But what if embracing our limits Could be the key to living a calmer, more meaningful life. This week's returning guest is Oliver Berkman, someone who for many years wrote a popular psychology column for the Guardian newspaper, and more recently, someone who wrote the wonderful book 4000 Weeks. His latest book, Meditations for Mortals, a four-week guide to doing what counts, takes us on a liberating journey towards a more meaningful life, one that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence, but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves. Designed as a four-week
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