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Why “I Can’t Do Everything” is a Total Revelation for Me
Sometimes in life, we find something that completely changes our perspective.
I recently wrote this: Oliver Burkeman’s Time Management Advice is the Best I’ve Ever Heard.
Burkeman’s main point is that we cannot do everything, nor should we try. We should not always try to “get everything done” and clear our To Do lists. This is futile because there will always be more things to do. It’s a neverending hamster wheel.
Instead, it’s better to realise you are only one person with limited time on this planet. On average, you have about 4,000 weeks here. About a third of the time, you will be asleep, and in the final 500 weeks, you might not be in the best shape.
There will be many things you won’t have the time or energy for. So give up trying to do as much as possible, and focus on what’s most important.
This is a total revelation for me.
It completely reframes how I view so many areas of my life. It’s created a profound shift in how I view time and the tasks I fill it with. Not just with work but almost anything else I need to do or want to do.
