Attention, on the other hand, just is life: your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay atte… - Oliver Burkeman

Ask yourself whether you are happy', observed the philosopher John Stuart Mill, 'and you cease to be so.' At best, it would appear, happiness can only be glimpsed out of the corner of an eye, not stared at directly.

I don't think the feeling of anxiety ever completely goes away; we're even limited, apparently, in our capacity to embrace our limitations. But I'm aware of no other time management technique that's half as effective as just facing the way things truly are.

Rate your individual acts as good or bad, if you like. Seek to perform as many good ones, and as few bad ones, as possible.