Anthony Setiawan

“Untroubled by any notion of time “ticking away,” he might have experienced a heightened awareness of the vividness of things, the feeling of timelessness that Richard Rohr, a contemporary Franciscan priest and author, calls “living in deep time.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

“Richard Bach: “You teach best what you most need to learn.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

“it means standing firm in the face of FOMO, the “fear of missing out,” because you come to realize that missing out on something—indeed, on almost everything—is basically guaranteed. Which isn’t actually a problem anyway, it turns out, because “missing out” is what makes our choices meaningful in the first place.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

“Denying reality never works, though. It may provide some immediate relief, because it allows you to go on thinking that at some point in the future you might, at last, feel totally in control. But it can’t ever bring the sense that you’re doing enough—that you are enough—because it defines “enough” as a kind of limitless control that no human can attain. Instead, the endless struggle leads to more anxiety and a less fulfilling life.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals