These notes are taken from "Why Time Management is Ruining our Lives" by Oliver Burkeman (2016).
This is kind of a long article, so I'm going to not really take detailed notes on this. I'm going to read and write a reflection instead!
I think that I've heard of inbox zero, and I think I lowkey tried it myself. I now delete most of the email before bed or when I wake up in the morning (at least in my gmail). It's a pain! But, I love having a clean inbox. And it makes it easier to find my important emails, they're the only ones I haven't deleted. It's interesting that even things that are supposed to save time end up making us feel more stressed. I've never thought about it that way, but it's true.
The guy that started Inbox zero project noticed that people can procrastinate doing their work by planning out how to do their work. I do that all the time! I love getting out my planner, but I'm really just avoiding doing work.
Why do we have to be more efficient? So that we can do even more work in the day? Or so that we have more time to relax? What are people more likely to do?
"We just keep finding new things to need" (why we keep needing to produce, even though we have all our needs and even a couple of wants covered)
The time management industry is wild. I can't believe we pay people to come up with some of this stuff.
"We go running to improve our health, not for the pleasure of movement" -true, but I don't know if there's a way around this. I want to improve my health, but I also enjoy running. If I only did things for enjoyment, I would only lay around and watch TV. And EAT.
It's weird, because I like feeling like my day was all filled up! I love feeling productive, but does it add unnecessary stress to my life? I'm sure that it does. There are people to see, places to go, things to read. It's a bit scary that when you die, somethings will be unaccomplished. There are so many things on my list to do, that it's sad to think I might not see all the shows I want or read all the stories I want. There's really no way around the fear, so I guess the solution is to not worry so much about being productive and to be selective with how you spend the days. It's okay if not everything gets done.
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"Time Square Tagaytay" by paolosdala is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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