The more efficient you get, the more you become "a limitless reservoir for other people's expectations," in the words of the management expert Jim Be… - Oliver Burkeman

The real measure of any time management technique is whether or not it helps you neglect the right things.

What happened is inexplicably incredible. It's the greatest gift ever unwrapped. Not the deaths, not the virus, but The Great Pause … Please don't recoil from the bright light beaming through the window. I know it hurts your eyes. It hurts mine, too. But the curtain is wide open … The Great American Return to Normal is coming … [but] I beg of you: take a deep breath, ignore the deafening noise, and think deeply about what you want to put back into your life. This is our chance to define a new version of normal, a rare and truly sacred (yes, sacred) opportunity to get rid of the bullshit and to only bring back what works for us, what makes our lives richer, what makes our kids happier, what makes us truly proud.

It's only by facing our finitude that we can step into a truly authentic relationship with life.