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I have seen an essay, "How to live on eight shillings a week." But I have never seen an essay, "How to live on twenty-four hours a day." Yet it has been said that time is money. That proverb understates the case. Time is a great deal more ...more
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Bronnie Ware
“Having faith creates so many possibilities. It quiets the logical mind, a mind that forever seeks answers that don’t always need to be found.”
Bronnie Ware, Your Year for Change: 52 Reflections for Regret-Free Living

Oliver Burkeman
“Great attention should be given to a tea gathering, which we can speak of as ‘one time, one meeting’ (ichi-go, ichi-e). Even though the host and guests may see each other often socially, one day’s gathering can never be repeated exactly. Viewed this way, the meeting is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime occasion.”
Oliver Burkeman, Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

Oliver Burkeman
“Perhaps it’s time for a sabbatical, or for what Tim Ferriss calls a ‘mini-retirement,’ an intentional break in which you undertake, now, one of the adventures you were mentally deferring until much later in life. After all, there’s never any guarantee that you’ll still be around to do it years in the future. At the very least, it might be time to spend an hour today enjoying yourself – cashing in some of the investments you previously made in your future self, you might say, and splashing out on the present one.”
Oliver Burkeman, Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

Oliver Burkeman
“The less I’m trying to get something out of an experience, the more I find I can get into it, and the more I can be present for other people involved in”
Oliver Burkeman, Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

Oliver Burkeman
“We all know there are plenty of people who might benefit from learning to defer gratification much more than they currently do. It’s just that if you’re the kind of person who vigorously agrees with that statement, it’s highly likely that you’d benefit from learning to defer it less.”
Oliver Burkeman, Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

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