Jason and JP discuss chapter three of 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: here are some notes:

Chapter 2: the efficiency trap

Busyness is a misnomer

Busy Town… no one is idle

1908 “How live on 24 hours a day” by Bennett

Time was feeling like a container too small to hold what matters most.

People waste time in the evening

Rise earlier… this book is good

Best antidote for time pressure…. It’s unfixable. You will never achieve perfect use of your time….

Goal posts will shift… you’ll take on more responsibilities and work

Parkinson’s Law: we expand what needs to be done into the time we have to do it

Look at email.

Input is infinite

Output is finite!

You can’t really get your hands around your inbox….

📨 replays beget replies

Not replying is always an option

The efficiency trap… getting through more email creates more email

Just do the few things that count

Pre-modern life was very repetitive

The modern world and devaluing the afterlife, it creates a life crammed full of experiences

Clearing decks…. You just get new decks to clear

Learn to be comfortable with not clearing decks, focus on the important… because you wont ever get it all done

We are going to miss out on so many experiences, so enjoy the few small experiences you get

The seduction of convenience

Free time fills with stuff to do

Tech induced loneliness

Interacting with humans is fun!! Lyft and Door Dash, doesn’t help your connection to humans

Abandon some of this stuff that is undermining your existence