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Oct 2024
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Treat Your To-Do List Like a River, and ...

THE ART OF MANLINESS
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When people think about living more fully and making better use of their time, they typically think of finding some new organizational system they can structure their lives with.Oliver Burkeman says that what you really need instead are perspective shifts — small, sustainable changes in how you view and approach your day-to-day life. He provides those mindse ... Show More
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